Lahore - Petrol spilling from a fuel tanker burst into flames in Pakistan's central province of Punjab yesterday, burning at least 57 people to death as they tried to scoop it up, local officials and hospital doctors said.
They said about 60 other people were injured in the blaze at a rural bus station near the central Punjab town of Jhang.
As the petrol started to spill, local residents ran up with cans to collect the liquid, a witness said.