Gas Station Explosion Causes Fire in Sen Sok

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:35 am

Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On 3 September 2022, a fire broke out at 1:50 pm, at a gas cannister warehouse located along Samdech Chea Sim Street, Krong Thmey Village, Sangkat Kork Khleang, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh. This fire, caused by a gas leak, severely injured 7 people and damaged the gas station, (which was 15 x 30 meters in size), and then spread to 3 other warehouses and 2 garages, destroying 4 cars, 8 motorcycles and 1 bicycle. The owner of the gas station is 69-year-old Pen Thearith.

The fire prevention and rescue police used 12 fire trucks and used 12 water trucks equal to 48 cubic meters of water to put out the fire.

atst · Post by **atst** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:17 am

Thats some explosion looking at the damage of the car, small news no westerns injured :stir:

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:44 pm

7 seriously injured in gas station explosion in Cambodia's capital: police
Xinhua, September 4, 2022
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were seriously injured in a gas station explosion in Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a firefighting police chief said on Sunday.

The blast happened on Saturday afternoon at a gas depot, sparking a fire that spread across the street to some houses opposite, said Colonel Prohm Yorn, director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Office.

"Seven people, including the 69-year-old owner of the gas station, sustained serious injuries during the explosion and fire," he said in a report released to the media.
Several cars and motorcycles were also destroyed, and firefighters used 22 fire engines to put out the flames, Yorn said, adding that a gas leak was believed to be the cause of the blast as a further investigation was still underway to figure out what caused the gas to ignite.
- Xinhua