tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post1771313263185744101..comments2024-01-18T12:02:23.977+00:00Comments on African Shirts: Lagos pipeline blastNkemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16179240558587295386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-1062533980085228232006-12-27T10:30:00.000+00:002006-12-27T10:30:00.000+00:00My knowledge of Chemistry is a bit rusty but isn't...My knowledge of Chemistry is a bit rusty but isn't it foam (and not water) that's used to put out oil fires? The news report I saw lastnight showed a water tanker, not even a proper fire engine, rushing to the scene of the blast. Nigeria, when will the lessons be learnt?Zaynnah Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835391176696318459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18540171.post-77567111193284165512006-12-27T10:19:00.000+00:002006-12-27T10:19:00.000+00:00Hi Nkem,
Yuletide greetings first.
Indeed, I was ...Hi Nkem,<br />Yuletide greetings first.<br /><br />Indeed, I was concerned for this new explosion, not only for the that fact that it is just another one of the many.<br /><br />Rather, the pictures of the fire brigade that looked like using garden hoses to quench such an inferno and the disarray that looked like a riot of emergency services personnel make me think the greater tragedy would be the aftermath and not the explosion itself.<br /><br />As for why a resourceful country should be so bereft of essential things of safety, provision security that we take for granted here, one just has questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com