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Old 8th Aug 2013, 11:56
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Mariner9
 
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On-site fire fighting systems in refineries have to be first class and are subject to frequent safety inspections.

A tank in a certain African refinery (adjacent to a certain African airport) containing 100 million gallons of gasoline caught fire following a lightning strike. None of the refinery fire engines could be started Luckily, the airfield fire engines were serviceable, and provided boundary cooling for adjacent tanks that stopped the whole place going up
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