Blasts at oil depot in Rawalpindi

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Blasts at oil depot in Rawalpindi

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Two powerful blasts occurred at an oil depot in Rawalpindi, no casualty reported.

09 December,2011 01:17 am

Accordinf to police, fire broke out in two oil tankers at the oil depot situated in the jurisdiction of Airport Police Station after the explosions.Panic griped the area after the explosions and people gathered around the blast site. Fire brigade and rescue teams have reached the site and brought the fire under control after a hectic effort.Police informed that an oil tanker caught fire when it was coming out of the depot which also engulfed another oil tanker parked nearby. The oil tankers were fully destroyed in the fire.