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Eugene

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Tue Jul 11, 2017, 09:40 AM Jul 2017

Shell Pakistan says to pay fine for tanker fire that killed 217

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Tue Jul 11, 2017 | 9:02am EDT

Shell Pakistan says to pay fine for tanker fire that killed 217

A Pakistani subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday agreed to pay a fine of about 257 million rupees ($2.4 million) in compensation for a tanker truck explosion that killed more than 200 people last month.

The fiery blast on June 25 was one of the worst accidents in Pakistan's history. A tanker carrying fuel rolled over in Punjab province and villagers rushed to collect leaking fuel.

Something then set off a fireball.

The regulator, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), held Shell Pakistan responsible for the accident in which 217 people died and 61 were injured.

The company said the tanker was owned by a contractor it hired to transport its fuel.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-tanker-fire-shell-idUSKBN19W1FS
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