<p>The toll in Saturday's petrol tanker blast went up to 10 with two more people dying due to their injuries, officials said here Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to investigating officer D.K. Palwankar of Kasa police station, near Dahanu town, the process of identifying the victims is underway and three men have been identified so far.<br /><br />The DNA tests will be conducted to ascertain the identity of other victims before the bodies are handed over to their relatives, he said.<br /><br />Among the dead are at least two women, while 24 injured people have been shifted to hospitals in Mumbai and Thane, Palwankar said.<br /><br />The tanker was carrying around 35 tonnes of petrol when the driver lost control over it Saturday afternoon on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway. <br /><br />The tanker skidded, overturned, caught fire and exploded on the highway near Charoti village around 2.30 p.m.<br /><br />Police officer Preeti Patil of Kasa police station said the burning, speeding tanker skidded down the highway, knocking down around 10 other vehicles in its path.<br /><br />One restaurant and some small shops in the vicinity were damaged as leapt out from the tanker.<br /><br />Teams of firefighters and police rushed to the site for rescue operations as massive traffic snarls blocked both sides of the highway near the Charoti toll post. <br /><br />One side of the highway could be cleared for traffic only by 6 p.m.<br />Eight injured people were admitted to hospitals.</p>
<p>The toll in Saturday's petrol tanker blast went up to 10 with two more people dying due to their injuries, officials said here Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to investigating officer D.K. Palwankar of Kasa police station, near Dahanu town, the process of identifying the victims is underway and three men have been identified so far.<br /><br />The DNA tests will be conducted to ascertain the identity of other victims before the bodies are handed over to their relatives, he said.<br /><br />Among the dead are at least two women, while 24 injured people have been shifted to hospitals in Mumbai and Thane, Palwankar said.<br /><br />The tanker was carrying around 35 tonnes of petrol when the driver lost control over it Saturday afternoon on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway. <br /><br />The tanker skidded, overturned, caught fire and exploded on the highway near Charoti village around 2.30 p.m.<br /><br />Police officer Preeti Patil of Kasa police station said the burning, speeding tanker skidded down the highway, knocking down around 10 other vehicles in its path.<br /><br />One restaurant and some small shops in the vicinity were damaged as leapt out from the tanker.<br /><br />Teams of firefighters and police rushed to the site for rescue operations as massive traffic snarls blocked both sides of the highway near the Charoti toll post. <br /><br />One side of the highway could be cleared for traffic only by 6 p.m.<br />Eight injured people were admitted to hospitals.</p>