According to the Press Trust of India news agency, the Indian police said that a gasoline truck fire and explosion in the Izawal region of the state of Mizurm resulted in at least four fatalities and 18 injuries.
Five of the injured, according to the police, are in serious condition.
Around six in the evening, the truck carrying roughly 22,000 gallons of petrol was travelling to Champhai when the accident happened in the town of Tuwaial, which is about 18 kilometres east of the state capital.
When the residents attempted to gather fuel that had somehow seeped from the vehicle, the truck caught fire.
India: A fuel truck explosion resulted in 4 fatalities and 18 injuries.
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