Smoke billows from the smouldering wreckage of the Spanish oil tanker Camponavia, one of two tankers which exploded in the southern Spanish port of San Roque, near Gibraltar, on Monday. At least 22 people were killed in the explosion. Rescue workers are still recovering bodies from the wreckage. The blasts were set off by an explosion on board the 19,070-ton, Panamanianregistered tanker Petragen-One as it was unloading highly-flammable naphtha, a liquid chemical. The 4222-ton Spanish tanker, which was moored alongside, was blasted in half. Report, page 10.
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87Smoke billows from the smouldering wreckage of the Spanish oil tanker Camponavia, one of two tankers which exploded in the southern Spanish port of San Roque, near Gibraltar, on Monday. At least 22 people were killed in the explosion. Rescue workers are still recovering bodies from the wreckage. The blasts were set off by an explosion on board the 19,070-ton, Panamanianregistered tanker Petragen-One as it was unloading highly-flammable naphtha, a liquid chemical. The 4222-ton Spanish tanker, which was moored alongside, was blasted in half. Report, page 10. Press, 29 May 1985, Page 1
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