‘Horrible Tragedy’ as Fuel Tanker Fire in Pakistan Leaves at Least 150 Dead
h site, but people wouldn’t listen and more kept coming." "We knew it was dangerous," he said, "and if there were more cars
and bikes, the casualties would have been much higher." AFGHANISTAN Kabul Islamabad PUNJAB Lahore PAKISTAN INDIA Multan Bahawalpur Ahmedpur East 200 miles JUNE 25, 2017 that kept on telling people to leave the cras
The injured were taken to the district hospital and Victoria Hospital in neighboring Bahawalpur,
but the response was hindered by a shortage of facilities to treat burn victims.
By SALMAN MASOODJUNE 25, 2017
JUNE 25, 2017
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — When a tanker truck overturned on a road in eastern Pakistan on Sunday,
hundreds of people rushed toward the vehicle to collect the spilled and leaking fuel.
Mr. Rashid said that I parked my bike by the road and waited while my friend went to collect the fuel,
Mr. Sufi said the driver of the tanker had avoided serious injury because the crash had taken place "long before" the explosion,
and a provincial government spokesman said the driver had been taken into custody, Reuters reported.
Abdul Rashid, 30, one of those injured, said he and a friend had joined in collecting the spilled fuel after passing by the area
and seeing others trying to scoop it up from the overturned tanker.
" He said people had planned to use the fuel for themselves and also to sell. that Many people made several rounds and urged others to do the same.