Villagers had gathered to collect spilled oil when it burst into flames

A tanker truck caught fire then exploded after running off the road and overturning near the eastern Pakistani village of Bahawalpur on Sunday, June 25. Before the explosion, villagers had surrounded the truck to collect spilled fuel.

Burned bodies are strewn around the wreckage of the tanker.

Pakistani rescue workers gather beside the tanker truck.

A victim of the blast is brought to a hospital in Bahawalpur.

Victims are loaded onto a stretcher outside a hospital in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

A burned motorcycle stands next to the wreckage of the tanker truck.

Pakistani paramedics bring a burn victim to a hospital in Multan, Pakistan.

People gather behind burned motorcycles and vehicles at the scene of the explosion.

A Pakistani rescue worker walks by what remains of the tanker truck.