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Oil tanker overturns in Attock

Attock: An oil tanker carrying as much as 50,000 litres of oil has overturned on Khor road in Attock when taking a turn.

The tanker was travelling from Kohat to Khor. After the tanker toppled, oil began to leak from it. Police forces and special branch personnel reached the scene promptly and cordoned off the area.

A large number of people were charred to death on the spot when an overturned oil tanker exploded into an inferno on the National Highway in Ahmedpur Sharkia on June 25. The people which included passers-bys and residents of a nearby area, had gathered to collect oil that was leaking from the tanker. The death toll from the incident has reached 199.

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