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More than 120 people have been reported to have died following a fire that broke out on Sunday morning at accident scene where an oil tanker overturned in Central Pakistan injuring several others.
"At least 123 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a fire which erupted after an oil tanker turned over and victims rushed to collect spilt fuel," Mohammad Saleem Afzal, a senior government official confirmed to the local media.
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