Current Affair: Scores killed and injured after overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan
Pakistani rescue workers examine the site of an oil tanker explosion at a highway near Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Source: AP
An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 153 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said. Meanwhile, Summer rains in China have caused extensive flooding and triggered landslides which have killed dozens and left almost 100 buried at a remote mountain village. Ivan and Selina report.
An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 153 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said. Meanwhile, Summer rains in China have caused extensive flooding and triggered landslides which have killed dozens and left almost 100 buried at a remote mountain village. Ivan and Selina report.
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