{"id":82606,"date":"2026-02-09T12:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/890727249"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:06:07","slug":"truck-carrying-28-tonnes-chemical-cargo-gutted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/truck-carrying-28-tonnes-chemical-cargo-gutted\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUCK CARRYING 28 TONNES CHEMICAL CARGO GUTTED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class>A truck transporting 28 tonnes of industrial chemicals has completely been destroyed by fire along the Great East Road in Sinda District.<\/p>\n<p class>The incident involved a Sino truck and trailer, registration numbers Horse-BCF 146 and BCF 6713, which was carrying a cargo of 2 tonnes of Ammonium Sulphate and 26 tonnes of swimming pool chemicals.<\/p>\n<p class>Eastern Province Commanding Officer Robertson Mweemba comfirmed that the blaze erupted between 13hrs and 14hrs on February 8th, 2026, at the Ntongole area between Sinda Town and Sinda Village.<\/p>\n<p class>The driver, a 33-year-old from Lusaka employed by Amaans Logistics, reported feeling intense heat from the vehicle\u2019s right side shortly after being cleared at the Chanida Border.<\/p>\n<p class>Upon opening his door, he discovered a rapidly spreading fire and was forced to retreat for his safety.<\/p>\n<p class>The inferno consumed the vehicle so quickly that arriving villagers could only watch as it was engulfed.<\/p>\n<p class>By Samuel Khwawe<\/p>\n<p><!-- The post  <a href=\"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/truck-carrying-28-tonnes-chemical-cargo-gutted\/\">TRUCK CARRYING 28 TONNES CHEMICAL CARGO GUTTED<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/\">Diamond Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- Start Tags --> <!-- End Tags --> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; 6713, which was carrying a <span class=\"match\">cargo<\/span> of 2 tonnes of Ammonium &#8230; TRUCK CARRYING 28 TONNES CHEMICAL <span class=\"match\">CARGO<\/span> GUTTED appeared first on Diamond &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}