Gari la mafuta lapinduka na kuua watu141.sima zaid

Zaidi ya watu 141 wamefariki nchini
Pakistan na wengi zaidi(zaidi ya 100)
kujeruhiwa katika moto uliowaka baada ya
gari la mafuta kupinduka.
Watu hao walijikuta katika sekeseke hilo
baada ya kukimbilia eneo la tukio kwa
lengo la kuchota mafuta kutoka kwenye
gari hilo.
Bado chanzo cha ajali hiyo wala moto
havijaweza kupatikana. Ajali hiyo
imetokea karibu na mji wa Bahawalpur
katika Jimbo la Punjab.
Pakistan ina historia ya ajali mbaya sana
za barabarani zinazochangiwa na
barabara mbovu, magari mabovu na
uzembe wa madereva.
Mwaka 2015, watu 62 wakiwemo
wanawake na watoto walifariki kusini
mwa nchi hiyo baada ya basi
walilokuwemo kugongana na gari la
mafuta na kusababisha moto mkubwa
uliounguza miili yao vibaya kiasi cha
kushindwa kutambulika.
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BAHAWALPUR: At least 141 people were
burnt to death and scores injured after an
oil tanker caught fire in Bahawalpur's
Ahmedpur East town on Sunday morning,
officials said.
More than 60 people were reported
injured and taken to Bahawal Victoria
Hospital and District Headquarters
Hospital Sharqia in critical condition, said
Rescue 1122 Director General Dr Rizwan
Naseer.
Most of those taken to the hospitals got
70% burn injuries, while more deaths are
feared.
Vehicles burnt to ashes after the oil
tanker caught fire.
People in the area had gathered to collect
fuel that was leaking from the oil tanker
after it toppled over, said the rescue
sources.
The victims, mostly from the locality near
by, had rushed to the site with utensils to
collect oil spilling from the overturned
tanker.
Eyewitnesses said some people in the
vicinity were smoking cigarettes, which
could have ignited the inferno.
Dozens of vehicles, including 75
motorbikes and four cars, were engulfed
in the blaze that erupted in Pul Paka near
the National Highway, an area located in
the middle of the city.
The Pakistan Army said it had sent
helicopters to evacuate the wounded and
hospitals were put on high alert. The
nearest burn centre is believed to be
more than 150 kilometres away.
Source: Geo.tv
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At least 123 people have died and scores
more were injured in a fire that broke out
after an oil tanker flipped over in central
Pakistan early Sunday, an official said.
"At least 123 people have been killed and
more than 100 wounded in a fire which
erupted after an oil tanker turned over
and victims rushed to collect spilt fuel,"
senior local government official Rana
Mohammad Saleem Afzal told state
television.
There was no immediate confirmation
from officials on the cause of the accident
or the fire after the tragic incident
occurred early Sunday near the town of
Ahmedpur East, some 670 kilometres
(416 miles) south of the capital
Islamabad.
The Pakistani military said it was sending
army helicopters to evacuate the
wounded, with hospitals placed on high
alert.
Pakistan has an appalling record of fatal
traffic accidents due to poor roads, badly
maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
At least 62 people including women and
children were killed in southern Pakistan
in 2015 when their bus collided with an
oil tanker, starting a fierce blaze that left
victims burnt beyond recognition.
Source: Yahoo