The death toll from the horrific explosion of oil tanker near East Ahmadpur city of Bhawalpur district in Pakistan's province of Pakistan increased to 162.

South Punjab's Bhawalpur Victoria Hospital authorities told the Chinese Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday. News of CGTN.After the reversal of the road on Sunday morning, the oil leakage from oil tanker lorry leakage. A large number of local gatherings including buckets, containers, women and children were collected for collecting oil. It is believed that the explosion occurred in the tanker when a person tried to catch a cigarette beside the scene. It has killed 162 people.Lorita was going from Karachi to Lahore with 40 thousand liters of oil. After reaching Kachipul area, about eight kilometers away from East Ahmadpur town of Bhawalpur district of Punjab, the lorry reversed by the side of the road when it was fast turning.A doctor at Bhawalpur Victoria Hospital in south Punjab said that the latest deaths occurred in Multan Hospital. Most of the bodies in the hospital were burnt to death.