Pakistan’s Leader Orders Inquiry as Fuel Tanker Death Toll Reaches 157
Punjab said that Those were poor people who went to collect fuel in utensils and buckets,
By SALMAN MASOODJUNE 26, 2017
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The death toll from a fireball
that consumed an overturned fuel truck in eastern Pakistan has reached 157, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered a high-level inquiry on Monday into what caused such a devastating loss of life.
Residents and officials said that many of the victims were travelers passing through the town
who had stopped to take part in what seemed like an opportunity to collect free fuel.
Salman Sufi said that It is unverified, mostly hearsay,
There were contradictory reports about why so many people had rushed to the truck to collect fuel.
Mr. Saleemullah said that My wife said, ‘Go and get fuel for your motorbike,’ as others in the neighborhood were doing so,
