Dhaka, April 2 -- Two people have been killed and several others injured after a tanker carrying oil overturned and caught fire in Savar's Hemayetpur.

The fire quickly spread and engulfed two other trucks and a car on the Dhaka-Aricha highway early on Tuesday morning, according to Savar Fire Service Station Officer Nurul Islam.

The incident brought traffic on the highway to a halt for around two and a half hours.

Eight people were rushed to Dhaka's Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery after the incident, according to Dr Md Tariqul Islam, the institute's resident surgeon.

Among them, Md Nazrul, 45, died before arriving at the hospital.

Milan, 22, Mim, 10, Al Amin, 35, Niranjan, 45, Shakib, 24, Helal, 21, and Ab...