Oil tanker bursts into flames after turning turtle in Karachi's Gulbai area

KARACHI: An oil tanker carrying thousands of liter of fuel burst  into flames after it turned turtle near Gulbai Flyover in the Port city on Wednesday morning.

As per details, the tanker was on its way to  Tower from Shersha when it turned turtle near Gulbai Flyover and burst into flames. It broke into two pieces  due to the intensity of fire.

Firefighters were desperately trying to extinguish  the flames  as a huge fire reportedly ripped through the surrounding  vehicles, godown, while sirens and smoke filled the air.

No causalities were  reported  in the blaze and   the  driver  was able to got off the  tanker  before the fire roared out of control.