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28 March 2024

Fourth petrol tanker on fire in Saudi

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A petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the fourth tanker blaze incident to take place in the Gulf Kingdom in less than two weeks.

The tanker was making a risky turn in a rugged area near the southern town of Abha when the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn.

“It caught fire but it was later brought under control by the civil defence units which rushed to the area…the vehicle was badly damaged but there were no casualties,” Okaz Arabic language daily said.

Three other tanker accidents have occurred in Saudi Arabia over the past three weeks, including the one that killed 23 people and injured more than 100 in the capital Riyadh.