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Pakistan Oil Tanker Inferno in Pictures

25 June 2017715

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Pakistan Oil Tanker Inferno in Pictures
People gather behind burnt motorcycles and vehicles at the scene of an Oil tanker accident on the outskirts of Bahawalpur, Pakistan EPA/FAISAL KAREEM
Burnt cars and motorcycles at the scene of an oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. (REUTERS)
(Note — Graphic content) Local residents look at burnt bodies after an oil tanker caught fire following an accident on a highway near Ahmedpur East, some 670 km from Islamabad. (AFP)
The scene of the oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. (REUTERS)
A soldier stands guard at the scene of the oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. (REUTERS)
A soldier stands guard amid burnt out cars and motorcycles at the scene of the oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. (REUTERS)
(Note – Graphic content) Hospital workers carry victims of the oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. (REUTERS)
(Note – Graphic content) Hospital workers carry victims of the oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur in Pakistan. (REUTERS)
(Note – Graphic content) Rescue workers and paramedics bring a burns victim injured after the oil tanker fire. (AFP)

Charred wreckage of motorcycles and cars lay scattered on the national highway [Shazia Bhatti/Al Jazeera]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3bJ4eBDSX4

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