TOBA TEK SINGH: An oil tanker driver was burnt alive when two tankers caught fire due to unknown reason in Mian Channu near Khanewal on Tuesday.

The Rescue 1122 officials said a tanker parked on a filling station located on the Tulamba Road, Mian Channu caught fire, which engulfed another tanker also parked nearby.

The fire of the latter was extinguished promptly; however, the first one’s driver, Shahid Ali (45), a resident of Abdul Hakim, was burnt alive before any rescue activity.

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2024

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