Pakistan: At Least 27 People Killed After Vehicle Hits Oil Tanker, Bursts into Flames

Local Editor

A bus carrying smuggled fuel burst into flames when it crashed into an oil tanker, killing at least 27 people in Pakistan.

In further details, local administrator Shabbir Mengal said the bus was travelling to Baluchistan from the port city of Karachi when the collision happened near the town of Hub.

Meanwhile, DNA tests will be needed to identify most of the victims, whose bodies suffered burns.

After being taken to hospital, 14 later died from injuries sustained in the blast. At least two more remained in critical condition.

Investigators later established that flames engulfed the bus after fuel, smuggled from Iran, which borders Baluchistan exploded. It was being transported in plastic containers. 

Road accidents are common in Pakistan, where traffic laws are weakly enforced.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team