No blast as gas-laden car collides in UAE

A major explosion was miraculously avoided after a car loaded with 22 gas cylinders collided with another vehicle on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai Road near Ghantoot on Saturday afternoon.

Abu Dhabi Police said the accident could have cost the lives of many people.  It named the driver of the cylinder-laden car as CU, 34, Asian.

Colonel Hamad Nasser Al Balushi, Director of Administration, urged companies and individuals not deal with gas cylinder vendors who risk their and other people’s lives for money. Such unlicensed vehicles carrying inflammable materials without warning signs are ‘ticking bombs,’ he added.