By NAMO PHIRI, NIZA NAYAME and GIDEON NYENDWATHREE tankers went up in flames yesterday, leaving three men severely burnt with one of them losing his hair in the process in Lusaka’s heavy industrial area.One of the victims’ hair caught fire and only quick action from his friends saved him as they tossed lime on him to douse the fire. “His hair has all gone and even the skin was coming off,” a witness at the scene said.When asked how many people had been injured, the witness continued; “Bali batatu bamene naonako. Winangu apya kusala che na boxer konse kumendo, skin yachoka then winangu enzeli nasisi. Sisi zonse zachoka.” (I only saw three men who got burnt, they were severely burnt such that one of them only remained with a boxer while the other lost his hair from the burns as his skin peeled off).As the tankers blew up, one after the other, the workers from […]
FIRE DISASTER: 3 TANKER TRUCKS GO UP IN FLAMES
