Nato oil tanker, seven trucks burnt
Posted by admin on July 14th, 2010
NOWSHERA: A tanker carrying oil for Nato forces in Afghanistan and seven trucks were burnt after a ‘mysterious’ blast at Khajoor Stop on Grand Trunk Road in Pabbi near here on Tuesday, eyewitnesses and official sources said.
Some reports suggested that unknown persons fired shots at the oil tanker, which caught fire, and within moments the blaze spread to other trucks and a tanker parked at roadside. Eyewitnesses said that two oil tankers had been parked on roadside at Khajoor Stop for the last two days. They said one of the tankers was filled with oil while the other was empty. They said that huge flames engulfed the oil tanker after a blast caused by a remote controlled device fitted to the vehicle.
The inferno was so huge that it also burnt the vehicles, including three mini trucks, an oil tanker, one trailer and Suzuki pickup, parked nearby. Fire brigades from Nowshera, Mardan, Peshawar districts and Pakistan Air Force rushed to the spot and started extinguishing the blaze. The fire was put out after hours of hectic efforts. District Coordination Officer Rohullah Khan and police officials also rushed to the site and monitored the fire extinguishing activity.