Oil tanker fire: injured man succumbs to burns

Hyderabad: Another man succumbed to burns in Chengicherla tanker fire. The blast victim, Venkat Naik, was undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital. He had sustained serious burn injuries in the tanker blast in Chengicherla. Venkat was an M-tech graduate and native of Kurnool district, he received 80 percent burns in the accident.

Eighteen persons, including three fire service personnel, were injured when a tanker, loaded with nearly 12,000 litres of petrol, exploded in Medipally village on Friday.