Bahawalpur: On the Bahawalpur highway in Pakistan, more than 120 people have been killed as oil tanker flipped over and burst into flames. Almost 100 locals who were seriously injured in the explosion were rushed to nearby hospitals by army helicopters.

"At least 123 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a fire which erupted after an oil tanker turned over and victims rushed to collect spilt fuel," senior local government official Rana Mohammad Saleem Afzal.

However, there are dozen other nearby vehicles were also destroyed by the blast.

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