Pakistan fuel tanker truck explosion kills at least 153

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Karachi, Pakistan (CNN)At least 153 were killed Sunday when they rushed to collect leaking fuel from a crashed tanker in Bahawalpur, eastern Pakistan, before it suddenly exploded.

The truck veered off the road when the driver lost control, police official Mohammad Akhtar told CNN. As the tanker sat on the side of the road, fuel began leaking out in large pools.
It's not known what cause the wreck to ignite, but some people gathering at the scene began smoking cigarettes and using their cell phones to inform friends and relatives of the crash.
"Sparking from cell phones could ignite fire," Haroon-ur-Rasheed, a former police official who now handles emergency and rescue operations in Bahawalpur, told the government-run Associated Press of Pakistan.
He added the tanker also was fitted with batteries that could have sparked the blaze.
Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital Dr. Javed Iqbal told CNN the death toll had risen to 153 people as of Monday afternoon.

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