Oil tanker explosion kills more than 123 in Pakistan

LAHORE: A toppled oil tanker detonated killing no less than 123 individuals in Pakistan on Sunday, as a large portion of the casualties had assembled round when spilt fuel from the stricken vehicle touched off, authorities said.

The tanker toppled subsequent to attempting to make a sharp turn on a thruway on the edges of the city of Bahawalpur. A substantial horde of individuals accumulated at the scene when it burst into flames and detonated, save laborers stated, including around 80 individuals had been harmed.

"Individuals of the territory and bystanders had begun gathering fuel when the tanker detonated, consuming everyone nearby the spot," commonplace government representative Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan told Reuters.

Genuine consume casualties, a few in basic condition, were transported by helicopter to healing facilities in Bahawalpur and close-by urban areas for treatment.

"As indicated by the underlying reports, some person attempted to light a cigarette, and when the spilt fuel discovered terminate, prompting the tanker's blast," Jam Sajjad Hussain, representative for the protect specialists benefit said.

Firefighters battled the flares for more than two hours before smothering the fire.

The head administrator's office said the Punjab common government had been coordinated to give full medicinal help.

"Head administrator Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has communicated profound melancholy over the substantial death toll in the shocking mischance of oil tanker fire at Ahmad Pur Sharqia, Bahawalpur," the announcement said.