Tanker laden with fuel catches fire
MIRI: A tanker carrying 28,000 litres of diesel and petrol (RON95) caught fire while on its way to Miri from Bintulu late Monday at the Miri-Bintulu coastal road. Fortunately, no one was injured as the 50-year-old driver managed to escape the tanker. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the fire started from the left […]
20 dead in bus-oil tanker collision in Pakistan’s Punjab
ISLAMABAD: At least 20 people were burnt to death and six others injured after a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker near the Jalalpur Pirwala district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local media reported. According to the reports, the accident took place at the motorway in the wee hours of Tuesday when both vehicles […]
Oil tanker with contraband diesel worth over RM1 mln seized
MIRI: An oil tanker carrying 90,000 litres of contraband diesel worth RM1.5mln has been seized and four of its crew—all Indonesians—detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) off Miri waters. According to Miri MMEA commander Eizanizam Muhammad Eng, the vessel was stopped during an operation carried out at about 1.7 nautical miles west of […]
MMEA detains oil tanker carrying 15,000 litres of diesel
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained an oil tanker carrying some 15,000 litres of diesel about eight nautical miles West of Kuala Niah on Saturday. MMEA Miri director Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel had failed to produce port clearance pass upon inspection. Also detained were three local crew members aged between […]
