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The death toll in the oil tanker inferno has risen to 218 as 12 more patients succumbed to their injuries during the last couple of days in Lahore and Multan hospitals. According to Punjab government, the death toll may rise further as condition of 49 patients is said to be very critical.
At least 120 people including women and children were killed on the spot and 140 injured on 25th of last month, when they rushed to collect fuel leaking from the crashed oil tanker in Bahawalpur, some 400 kilometres from Lahore. The tanker caught fire after the explosion and some 50,000 litres of petrol spilled from the vehicle.