RAWALPINDI June 25 (TNS): Those 51 critically burnt in oil tanker fire on Sunday were shifted in Army Aviation helicopters to Multan for medical treatment.
“51 seriously burnt critical victims have been shifted from Bahawalpur to Multan through Army helicopters,” Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor here tweeted.
Army troops are busy in relief and rescue efforts at Ahmad Pur Sharqia, Bahawalpur and Multan while incident site has been cleared and traffic on the highway has been restored to ply normally.
Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed grief on losses in oil tanker incident that took place on main highway near town of Ahmed Pur Sharqia. The COAS directed to provide full assistance to civil administration in rescue and relief activities.
In sequel to the directions, Pakistan Army troops reached incident site and cordoned the area to augment rescue and relief activities. The Army aviation helicopters were immediately engaged to evacuate the casualties to CMH Multan and Bahawalpur.
As many as 46 critical burn injured of Ahmadpur East oil tanker explosion have been shifted to burn
unit of Nishtar Hospital, three of them succumbed to their injuries. According to District Emergency Officer Rescue 1122 Dr Kaleemullah, 46 burn injured were airlifted by Pak Army to the burn unit of Nishtar Hospital. The injured include: Kashif, Shareef, Shahzad, Muhammad Shan, Muhammad Younis, Shakeel, Rashid, Shahbaz, Kashif, Mumtaz, Rasheed Ahmed, Raz Ahmed, Muhammad Javed, Sajid Hussain, Ibrar, Shoaib, Shahzad, Nazam, Mulazim, Qasim, Jameel Ahmed, Aslam, Hassan, Mudasir, Hamad, Yousaf, Safia, Ibrahem, Muskan, Zubair, Samiullah, Waqas, Zahid, Imran, Saleemullah, Muhammad Shahroz, Bakhat Ali, Asif, Muhammad Akhtar, Sikandar and others.
Rescue resources confirmed that three injured including Aslam s/o Abdul Kareem and two unknown persons succumbed to their injuries. Meanwhile, Commissioner Multan Division Bilal Ahmed Butt and Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sultan Azam Taimuri visited the burn unit and inquired after the injured. The Commissioner directed the doctors to ensure best medical treatment to the injured.
