FAISALABAD, Feb 2: At least 20 people, including four employees of the Rescue 1122, sustained burn injuries when a furnace oil depot caught fire on Samundari Road on Saturday.

A furnace oil depot owned by Amjad Ali situated in Odeon Street caught fire and the area people rushed to douse it.

The Rescue tried to put out the fire when an oil drum burst and four rescuers sustained injuries. Other people involved in the rescue operation also received burn injuries because of the hot oil spilling from the drum. They were shifted to hospital.

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