<p>The death toll in the oil tanker fire climbed to six after two injured persons died while undergoing treatment in Aizawl, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The oil tanker, carrying 22,000 litres of petrol, overturned on National Highway-6 at Turial near Aizawl around 3 pm on October 29. It caught fire and exploded around 6 pm when locals and motorists passing by were collecting petrol leaking from the tanker.</p>.<p>Four people were killed on the spot, and 17 others were injured, police said.</p>.<p>Aizawl district's Superintendent of Police C Lalruaia said the two men, aged 41 and 37, succumbed to their injuries on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/2-killed-in-fire-at-delhis-narela-some-feared-trapped-1158362.html" target="_blank">2 killed in fire at Delhi's Narela, some feared trapped</a></strong></p>.<p>One of them was undergoing treatment at the Zoram Medical College (ZMC), and the other person was admitted at a private hospital in Aizawl.</p>.<p>The tanker was heading towards Champhai town in the northeastern part of Mizoram near the Myanmar border when the accident happened.</p>.<p>The driver of the tanker, who escaped after the accident, is yet to be arrested, the police officer said.</p>.<p>Lalruaia said they were informed about the accident by officials in Assam around 4:30 pm on that day, and a police team was immediately rushed to the spot.</p>.<p>By the time the police reached the spot, the oil tanker had already caught fire, he said.</p>.<p>Police suspect that someone had lit a cigarette near the leaking tanker, causing the fire.</p>
<p>The death toll in the oil tanker fire climbed to six after two injured persons died while undergoing treatment in Aizawl, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The oil tanker, carrying 22,000 litres of petrol, overturned on National Highway-6 at Turial near Aizawl around 3 pm on October 29. It caught fire and exploded around 6 pm when locals and motorists passing by were collecting petrol leaking from the tanker.</p>.<p>Four people were killed on the spot, and 17 others were injured, police said.</p>.<p>Aizawl district's Superintendent of Police C Lalruaia said the two men, aged 41 and 37, succumbed to their injuries on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/2-killed-in-fire-at-delhis-narela-some-feared-trapped-1158362.html" target="_blank">2 killed in fire at Delhi's Narela, some feared trapped</a></strong></p>.<p>One of them was undergoing treatment at the Zoram Medical College (ZMC), and the other person was admitted at a private hospital in Aizawl.</p>.<p>The tanker was heading towards Champhai town in the northeastern part of Mizoram near the Myanmar border when the accident happened.</p>.<p>The driver of the tanker, who escaped after the accident, is yet to be arrested, the police officer said.</p>.<p>Lalruaia said they were informed about the accident by officials in Assam around 4:30 pm on that day, and a police team was immediately rushed to the spot.</p>.<p>By the time the police reached the spot, the oil tanker had already caught fire, he said.</p>.<p>Police suspect that someone had lit a cigarette near the leaking tanker, causing the fire.</p>