SUKKUR: Three people were killed when an LPG-laden tanker parked at a gas agency near Saangi on the outskirt of the town caught fire at midnight on Sunday.

Police officials said that Ali Madad Mangi and Wafa Ali Mangi from Panu Aqil and Mohammad Ramzan from Multan were burned to death when the tanker suddenly caught fire.

SHO Naseem Bhutto told media persons that they had learnt through circumstantial statements and evidence that the tanker did catch fire at midnight. Police had started investigating the cause of the fire.

Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2022

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