At least 12 people have been killed in a van’s cylinder blast in Khairpur on Tuesday.

According to police, a passenger van was going Sukkur from Thari Mirwah; when van reached near Thari Mirwah at national high way the area of Hingorja its cylinder blasted.

12 people died while 10 others sustained serious burn injuries.

The rescue teams rushed to scene and moved the dead bodies and injured to local hospitals.