Guest 720- Registered: 20 Jul 2011
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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not working jim.
Guest 720- Registered: 20 Jul 2011
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Don't know why not - technology not my main subject!! Here's the text from the story
Paramedics are treating several asylum seekers found in a tanker on board a ferry berthed at Dover docks.
A total of 15 immigrants were found in the vehicle, which is believed to be carrying a powder - believed to be a food substance.
Thirteen are in a non-critical condition, but two have been taken to hospital.
Two lorry drivers have been arrested and are in police custody.
The alarm was raised at 8.45am when the P&O ferry Spirit of France arrived at the Eastern Docks.
Six fire crews and specialist equipment, together with police and paramedics, were called to the scene.
Firefighters are checking what the powder is. It is believed to be a food substance, but the emergency services want to make sure it is non-hazardous.
The incident is being co-ordinated by the Port of Dover police and Dover Harbour Board has confirmed the port remains open and that ferry services are not affected.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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thanks jim.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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Surprised that illegal immigrants are still trying to get in, thought that they were all trying to get out nowadays!
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/east_kent_mercury/news/Asylum-seekers-found-in-tanker-3167/howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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was told earlier that two had died, thankfully not the case.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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About a week ago a Romanian asked me how he could get out of Britain and back home to Romania.
He had been here for several weeks on a promise of a job made by another Romanian, but there was no job.
He didn't have the money for the fare home.
I assured him that he will be given the return ticket and any extra care needed by the British authorities, such as meals and an emergency shelter, and gave him the Gateway address in Market Square.
As for the people in the tanker, these may have been exposed to toxic substances, such as chemical particles.
If so, and if the drivers let them in that tanker to carry them over, then the Law will be very severe indeed.
IF it is applied, that is.
Of-course we have to wait and see the outcome of the Police investigations and the version of the drivers.
Guest 1694- Registered: 24 Feb 2016
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A road tanker is an 'enclosed space', often cleaned and filled with an inert gas when empty. Even if no inert gas is used, shortage of oxygen inside the tank can quickly lead to problems (the things are liquid and airtight when the access points are closed). Equally, the unit may not have been cleaned and may have contained residue and/or fumes which could swiftly engender unconciousness and death. However, as nobody died, I suspect that they were merely running out of oxygen rather than being affected by fumes, particles or an inert gas (all of which would almost certainly caused several, if not all, of them to die in transit).
Just in - it was a tanker unit carrying non-hazardous bulk powders, so most likely distress caused by starting to run out of breathable air.