The driver’s actions may have saved the fuel station but caused the tanker, two motorcycles and as many rickshaws to catch fire. The exterior walls of three houses were also partially damaged in the blaze.
According to the Hussainabad police, the fire broke out from an electricity generator at the station. The power connection to the fuel station was reportedly severed by the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company two days prior to the incident.
A similar incident happened in May this year at a fuel station near Liberty Chowk, adjacent to Civil Hospital, Hyderabad. Four persons were injured and 17 vehicles, including 10 cars, were gutted in the subsequent blaze.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 9th, 2016.
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