Over 8,000 litres of fuel was burnt when a minor blast caused a fire in one of the two oil tankers parked at the Berma Shell Depot here on Friday. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
Police investing ting the case ruled out any possibility of a terror attack. The blaze, however, caused a panic in the neighbourhood.
Police force and Resuce 1122 staff rushed to scene where the latter after some hectic efforts extinguished the fire.
Police told that a man named Saed Wali, son of Awal Khan, who is a resident of Mianwali lodged a case stating that he had filled 24,000 litres of petrol and 8,000 litres of diesel in the separate portions of his tanker (TLK-967) at Berma Shell Depot. Then, he said, he went to a nearby office for some documentation of the purchase.
He said on his returned he witnesses a minor blast in the tanker.
The explosion, he maintained, caused the fire, which engulfed another oil tanker (LSC-693) parked nearby.
The fire completely burned 8,000 litres of diesel but the petrol within the same tanker remained safe, police quoted the complainant as saying.
Saed also told police the explosion could have been caused owing to increased gas pressure built due to diesel fumes. He said he did not want to report any criminal activity since it was ‘just an accident’.
