Four killed and Dozen Injured in Mizoram oil tanker mishap

At least four people died and close to a dozen were injured after a tanker carrying petrol caught fire near Mizoram’s Tuirial Airfield on Saturday evening. The incident occurred at Tuirial village, about 18 kilometres east of the state capital Aizawl, at around 6 pm when the tanker was going to Champhai.

Aizawl district Superintendent of Police, C. Lalruaia said the Champhai-bound oil tanker was carrying more than 20,000 litres of petrol when it overturned at a bend on the road.

Local people including the victims immediately after the accident were trying to collect the petrol leaking from the oil tanker when the tanker caught fire.

Mizoram | At least 4 people died & 10 others injured in a fire incident in Tuirial, Aizawl district, after a tanker carrying petrol caught fire. More details awaited

"A four-wheeler taxi & two 2-wheelers got damaged in the incident," Aizawl SP C Lalruaia pic.twitter.com/7i0aDNPoGC

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At least four people including a woman were killed and 18 are injured after an oil tanker exploded in #Mizoram's Aizawl district, police said. pic.twitter.com/AaIk731gM5

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