13 killed, 10 others injured after fire erupts in passenger van.

Sargodha -- 13 people were killed while 10 others were injured after blaze erupted due to explosion of cylinder in a passenger bus van on its way to Islamabad from Faisalabad.

A passenger van carrying some 17 to 18 people was on its way to Islamabad from Faisalabad when near Bhera interchange due to over speed it hit with a tree and overturned due to which cylinder fitted inside it exploded and fire erupted.

According to preliminary information, 13 people died while 10 others sustained serious burn injuries.

Rescue 1122 reached the scene and shifted the dead and injured into nearby Bhalwal and Bhera hospitals for medico-legal...

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