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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 7 augusT 2018

Gas truck explodes on Italian highway; 2 dead, scores hurt

By COLLEEN BARRY plosion that spanned eight
MILAN (AP) — A tanker lanes of the highway and
truck carrying a highly beyond.
flammable gas exploded Flames shot up into the air,
Monday after rear-end- followed by a thick black
ing a stopped truck on a cloud of smoke. Aerial
crowded highway near the photos showed a gaping
northern Italian city of Bo- hole left in the raised high-
logna. At least two people way. TV images hours after
were killed, up to 70 injured the flames were doused
and part of the raised ex- showed the burned-out
pressway collapsed in the skeletons of hulking tractor
fireball. trailers.
Police said the accident Italian prosecutors said the
and subsequent fire and tanker was filled with lique-
explosion injured between fied petroleum gas, other-
60 and 70 people, some wise known as propane,
with severe burns. It also used as a fuel in heaters,
shut down a highway north cooking equipment and
of the city that is a key route In this photo released by the Italian firefighters, an helicopter view of the explosion on a highway vehicles.
between northern Italy and in the outskirts of Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Firefighters said the ex-
the Adriatic Coast and oth- Associated Press treme heat of the flames
er points south, including caused the raised roadway
Florence and Rome, the down quick enough and impact. Another truck ap- ing which the highway to collapse, sending a heat
capital. plowing into the rear of peared to hit the tanker was cleared of most other explosion that incinerated
A police video showed a truck stopped in traffic, from behind. After an un- vehicles, the truck erupted dozens of automobiles on
the tanker failing to slow with flames exploding on specified time lapse, dur- in a second, enormous ex- new car lots nearby.q

Eurozone rescue fund pays final bailout loan to Greece

Associated Press ward a cash buffer Greece justice and growth," Prime Aug. 20; after that, Greece tor Klaus Regling said the
BRUSSELS (AP) — A rescue could use to meet its finan- Minister Alexis Tsipras' office will have to rely on inter- disbursement showed
fund set up to help euro- cial needs for almost two said in a statement. "We national bond markets for "Greece has come a long
using countries paid its final years. The other 5.5 billion face a lot of work ahead, money. way" in managing the bail-
15 billion-euro ($17.3 billion) euros ($6.4 billion) was ear- but also a new prospect, at The cash buffer means the out and that "the commit-
bailout loan to Greece on marked for paying off some last, for the majority" of the government won't be in a ment and hard work of
Monday after objections of the country's consider- Greek people. hurry to do so, given the the Greek people are now
by Germany delayed the able debt. Greece has depended on country's sub-investment paying off."
payment by several weeks. The Greek government rescue loans from its Euro- grade credit rating and the In mid-July, Germany ob-
The European Stability hailed the payment as "the pean partners and the In- high rates private investors jected to immediate pay-
Mechanism said 9.5 billion last act of the bailout dra- ternational Monetary Fund would demand on loans. ment of the final installment,
euros (nearly $11 billion) ma." "Greece can now be- since 2010. The third, and European Stability Mech- claiming Athens had not
of the loan would go to- gin a new page of progress, last, bailout runs out on anism Managing Direc- met all the requirements.q