Four killed in Mizoram oil tanker mishap

Four people were killed and 18 others injured following an oil tanker met with a road mishap and exploded in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Sunday.

Aizawl District Superintendent of Police C. Lalruaia said that a Champhai-bound oil tanker carrying over 20,000 litres of petrol met with an accident on Saturday night near the Tuirial airfield and caught fire.

Local people including the victims immediately after the accident were trying to collect the petrol leaking from the oil tanker.


Five people are critical. The fire also destroyed three two-wheelers, one taxi. Hundreds of local people were seen around the tanker collecting fuel that was draining out.