Pakistan’s Leader Orders Inquiry as Fuel Tanker Death Toll Reaches 157<br />Punjab said that Those were poor people who went to collect fuel in utensils and buckets,<br />By SALMAN MASOODJUNE 26, 2017<br />ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The death toll from a fireball<br />that consumed an overturned fuel truck in eastern Pakistan has reached 157, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered a high-level inquiry on Monday into what caused such a devastating loss of life.<br />Residents and officials said that many of the victims were travelers passing through the town<br />who had stopped to take part in what seemed like an opportunity to collect free fuel.<br />Salman Sufi said that It is unverified, mostly hearsay,<br />There were contradictory reports about why so many people had rushed to the truck to collect fuel.<br />Mr. Saleemullah said that My wife said, ‘Go and get fuel for your motorbike,’ as others in the neighborhood were doing so,
