A gas tanker that exploded killing three firemen in central China on
Saturday was still burning a day later, Chinese state television
reported on Sunday. The tanker overturned on Saturday morning on the
Changde-Jishou Expressway in Huaihua City, in the Yunling county area of
Hunan Province. The firemen were killed when the tanker exploded after
they had arrived to deal with the overturned vehicle. Surveillance
footage shows the tanker lying at the side of the road next to a tunnel
entrance, with several fire engines parked nearby. There is a sudden
explosion, sending a huge cloud of white smoke surging down the highway.