NAWABSHAH: An oil tanker caught fire after it overturned near Qazi Ahmed town on the National Highway on Saturday.
The tanker was carrying more than 1,000 litres of petrol, the police said.
“The tanker is ablaze and the fire brigade has yet to reach the site of the incident,†police personnel told the agency.
The police has cordoned off the area according to latest reports.
192 people lost their lives in a similar incident when an oil tanker overturned on the National Highway on June 25 — a day before Eid was to be celebrated in most parts of the country.
A large number of people were charred to death on the spot as the overturned oil tanker exploded into an inferno. They included passers-by and residents of a nearby area, who had gathered to collect oil that was leaking from the tanker.
