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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ISLAMABAD, May 6 (Xinhua) — The death toll in a tanker blast in southwestern Pakistan’s Noshki district last week has risen to 20 after several people died from burns, local police said on Tuesday.
Police said 17 of the seriously injured had died in the past four days while undergoing treatment at Liaquat National Hospital in Karachi, a southern port city.
The blast occurred on April 28 in Noshki, a district of Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, after a petrol tanker caught fire during welding work.
According to initial reports, the explosion killed the driver of the tanker truck and injured more than 60 people, many of whom suffered serious burns.
Due to a shortage of medical facilities in the area, the provincial government airlifted 24 critically injured patients to Karachi for specialized treatment.
In an attempt to prevent a major tragedy, the driver drove the tanker away from the cargo terminal. However, shortly before it exploded, a crowd gathered around the vehicle. –0–