{"id":126903,"date":"2019-07-10T14:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/fuel-tanker-explosion-turns-night-to-day-as-flames-rain-down-on-s-african-town-videos\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T14:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:50:52","slug":"fuel-tanker-explosion-turns-night-to-day-as-flames-rain-down-on-s-african-town-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/fuel-tanker-explosion-turns-night-to-day-as-flames-rain-down-on-s-african-town-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel tanker explosion turns night to day as flames rain down on S. African town (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><code>      An enormous fireball engulfed multiple buildings in the town of Worcester in South Africas Western Cape following a fuel tanker explosion in the early hours of Wednesday morning.        \n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Preliminary reports indicate the fuel tanker hit an electricity pole, which created a massive explosion that lit up the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle reportedly overturned as a result of the blast and, miraculously, no fatalities have been reported. However, Several firefighters battling the blaze have been injured.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness video from the scene shows several drivers make a U-turn upon seeing the sheer extent of the destruction and the height of the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents reported hearing and feeling the explosion some five kilometers away from the hellish site.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe can confirm that a truck exploded as you enter town, but we are not certain of the damage or whether anyone was injured. Police and emergency services are on the scene to investigate,\u201d<\/em> Worcester police spokesperson Captain Lindikhaya Mkhontwana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/watch-petrol-tanker-explodes-in-worcester-buildings-on-fire-20190710\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/463646-afronaut-mandla-maseko-killed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">                           Also on rt.com             Would-be first black African in space dies in motorcycle crash                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The explosion occu<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/463813-fuel-tanker-explosion-south-africa\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=RSS\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a0\/Russia-today-logo.svg\/1200px-Russia-today-logo.svg.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RT<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An enormous fireball engulfed multiple buildings in the town of Worcester in South Africas Western C..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fuel tanker explosion turns night to day as flames rain down on S. 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