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A hair-raising incident involving gas tanks and a lit cigarette scared Zhubei locals out of their wits. A truck was transporting dozens of gas cylinders along a busy street, when all of a sudden, the tanks started falling from the back and rolling on the road releasing gas. The driver immediately got off the vehicle to close the nozzles, but he didn’t realize he had a lit cigarette in his mouth until he was almost touching a leaky can. Fortunately, he noticed the potential hazard in time and cast the cigarette butt aside before collecting the cargo.

Dozens of gas tanks roll off a truck onto a busy road, leaking white gas as they spread over the asphalt. The driver gets off the truck and runs after canisters with a lit cigarette in his mouth. This could be disaster. Fortunately, he realized the hazard and threw the butt to one side before retrieving the gas cans. He appeared calm and unbothered, but witnesses were scared out of their wits.

Voice of passerby
Scared by scene
It was so dangerous. He wasn’t afraid of causing an explosion? He should at least have some hazard awareness, since he’s handling gas.

Voice of passerby
Scared by scene
You’re not supposed to smoke while transporting gas like that. But he was. It was a terrifying sight.

The terrifying scene took place in Zhubei in Hsinchu County. Fortunately, there were no open flames nearby, and the tanks themselves did not create sparks when they came crashing on the road.

Yao Chi-hung
Police officer
When police arrived at the scene, we discovered that the latch on the rear cargo bed had broken, which is what caused the incident. We implemented traffic controls and helped clear the road. The driver has been reported following the relevant rules.

Chang Kuo-chang
Gas expert
You would need three elements for an explosion to occur: a confined space, a high concentration of gas and a source of ignition. In this case, the conditions were not met.

Having gas cylinders rolling around on the road is already dangerous enough, but thankfully, the situation didn’t end in a catastrophic explosion.

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