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DANGEROUS CARGOES * Australia's road explosion
* Queensland - Charleville truck explosion: Transport Workers Union calls for review of trucking of chemicals
Charleville,QLD,Australia -ABC -September 8, 2014: -- The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called for a review of the trucking of dangerous chemicals in the wake of a catastrophic explosion in south-west Queensland... A two-kilometre exclusion zone was declared near Charleville after the truck, carting more than 50 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, crashed and rolled about 10:00pm (AEST) on Friday... The blast was so powerful it "disintegrated" the truck, destroyed two firefighting vehicles and two bridges, and blew a hole in the Mitchell Highway... The truck driver, two fire officers, and two passers-by remain in hospital with serious injuries, while three other rescue workers were recovering at home... TWU spokesman Peter Biagini said there should be restrictions on which trucks could carry which chemicals...
* Queensland - "No reason to change truck regulations", says trucking body
Charleville,QLD,Australia -9 News -September 8, 2014: -- A truck carrying ammonium nitrate rolled between Cunnamulla and Charleville rolled and exploded on Friday, destroying part of the Mitchell Highway and two bridges... A major trucking body has said no changes to freight regulations are required after a shocking explosion injured eight people on an outback Queensland highway... Ammonium nitrate is strictly regulated by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines but it is permitted for transportation by truck... Queensland Trucking Association, Peter Garske, said the tough controls already in place for transporting explosives don't need to be updated in the wake of the blast, the Brisbane Times has reported... The 33-year-old truck driver remains in a critical condition after the explosion...
* Queensland - Truck driver fights for life after explosion
Gladstone,QLD,Australia -The Fladstone Observer -8th Sep 2014: -- The man injured after a truck carrying chemicals from Gladstone exploded at the weekend is fighting for his life in a Brisbane Hospital... The 33-year-old Mackay man had been transporting a chemical substance from Gladstone to South Australia when the truck exploded near Charleville... The truck was from Kalari Transport, carrying chemicals from Orica's Gladstone plant... Eight people were injured in the explosion, which completely destroyed the area...
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