QUETTA, Pakistan, May 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from an oil tanker blast in southwest Pakistan jumped to 19, officials said Monday, a week after the incident.

Crowds had gathered to douse the flames of the burning tanker after it pulled over near a market, when it exploded.

More than 40 people were injured, many of them transported to the mega city of Karachi for treatment.

"The death toll climbs to 19," local police official Muhammad Hasan Mengal told AFP.

The incident happened on April 28 in Noshki, a district of Balochistan province.

He said police were investigating the possibility of negligence.