Pakistan oil tanker fire kills at least 157 as onlookers rush to gather leaking fuel
An overturned oil tanker has burst into flames in Pakistan after a person tried to light a cigarette nearby, killing at least 157 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, officials say. About 80 people were injured, with many suffering serious burns. The tanker overturned after trying to make a sharp turn on the national highway on the outskirts of the city of Bahawalpur, about 100 kilometres south-west of Multan. The tanker was driving from the southern port city of Karachi to Lahore, the Punjab ...
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