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| Scores killed in tanker fire near Bahawalpur |
| 2017-06-26 |
[Al Jazeera] At least 153 people have been burnt alive and dozens of others injured after a fuel tanker overturned and went kaboom!outside the eastern city of Bahawalpur in Pakistain's Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province. The incident occurred on Sunday morning as a large number of people gathered to collect petrol from the vehicle, according to rescue services. Residents could be seen walking past blackened and twisted bodies piled by the side of the road. Earlier, television footage showed shooting flames and a thick plume of smoke as firefighters battled to extinguish the blaze. The charred wreckage of dozens of cycle of violences and cars could be seen scattered on the highway, along with kitchen utensils, pots, water coolers, jerrycans and buckets which victims had brought to collect the petrol. Local sources told Al Jazeera that most of the victims were residents of nearby areas who were collecting fuel from the oil tanker, which had overturned after skidding off a national highway in Ahmedpur East. Analysts said the reaction of the crowds is not surprising, given the problem of fuel shortages and poverty. "If you go to these areas of Bahawalpur ... the poverty level here rises up to 65 percent at times," Sabir Shah, a journalist at GEO TV in Lahore, told Al Jazeera. "In these conditions, with these figures, how can you expect people not to collect cooking fuel for themselves? This petrol is being used as cooking fuel by many people in nearby fields." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It's especially haraam near a leaking gasoline tanker. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-06-26 17:32 |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-26 17:26 |