Tanker fire kills 150 in Pakistan

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The site of a tanker explosion near Bahawalpur, Pakistan Associated Press/Photo by Iram Asim

More than 150 people were killed Sunday when an overturned tanker truck exploded in Pakistan. A tanker carrying about 6,600 gallons of gasoline flipped over in the southern city of Bahawalpur. Hundreds of people ignored police warnings and rushed to scoop up the gushing fuel in buckets, bottles, and cans. About an hour after the accident, with a crowd still gathered around the truck, it caught fire and exploded. Area hospitals are treating over a hundred burn victims from the accident.

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