PESHAWAR: At least 13 NATO tankers were destroyed by a Bomb in Peshawar Pakistan, the tankers were carrying fuel for Nato troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, Pakistan police said.
A total of 28 Nato oil tankers were parked at a terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar, at the time of the explosion, which triggered a fire that engulfed 13 of the vehicles.
“We are trying to move away other oil tankers. We are not clear whether the bomb was planted in the terminal or with a tanker,” police official Khurshid Khan told AFP from the site.
“Sixteen tankers were completely destroyed.” There were no reports of any casualties, he added.
Mohammad Ijaz Khan, another senior police officer in Peshawar, said fire fighters were frantically trying to control the blaze. He said three explosions were heard before the fire swept through the parked tankers.
