Pakistan Tanker Explosion : Updated Death Toll 206

Islamabad, July 3 (IANS): The death toll in the Pakistan Fuel Tanker Explosion case has reached to 206, officials said.

Out of 206 bodies, 125 remain unidentified due to the serious burns following the June 25 explosion, according to the latest data released on Monday by authorities of Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur in Punjab province, Efe news reported.

Another 65 people remain hospitalised, out of which some are in a serious condition.

Victoria Hospital spokesperson Amir Bukhari said that "almost all the 26 patients admitted in Lahore and Multan have more than 70 per cent burns and have less chances of surviving.

"When there are more than 70 per cent burns, then there are more chances of fatalities. Out of 26, 10 are in very critical condition at the moment," Bukhari said.

A tanker containing gasoline overturned and spilt thousands of liters of fuel on a national highway. Seeing this many local people reached the spot to collect the spilt fuel. It was then the accident occurred and the fuel and the surrounding area was engulfed in wildfire burning the locals surrounding the fuel very seriously.

According to preliminary investigations, dozens of residents from the neighbouring area, including women and children, came to the site to collect fuel before the tanker exploded.