PESHAWAR: The fire on Nato oil tanker at Ring Road of Peshawar has been brought under control, Geo News reported Monday.
According to police sources, the reason of the tankerís fire could not be ascertained as yet. However, some eyewitnesses said a couple of unidentified miscreants opened fire at the tanker that was soon wrapped up in flames.
Police said the fire was hugely intense; however, on time activity by the fire tenders saved the nearby locality.
Police undertook a search operation against the unidentified miscreants; however, nobody was arrested.
The area east of the  ''(pictured)'' in Pakistan has seen very frequent attacks. 

Militants in north-west Pakistan blew up a fuel tanker carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday. More than ten armed men shot at the tanker and fired a rocket at the vehicle outside Peshawar city, and the driver and a passenger were injured in the attack, although no loss of life is reported.

Head of the north-western city's administration, Sahibzada Anees, said "About ten armed people fired at a tanker carrying petrol for NATO forces and later lobbed a rocket at the vehicle, which set alight some 78,000  (17,000 ) of fuel".

According to witnesses, the tanker was quickly in flames. The residents of the areas were successfully rescued by police and fire fighters and the blaze was brought under control. Police have launched a search operation in nearby areas, although with no success.

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Oil tankers and trucks bringing goods from port city of Karachi for allied forces battling the  in Afghanistan have been  regularly attacked. About 80% of supplies destined for the more than 113 thousand NATO troops in Afghanistan have to pass through Pakistan. The coalition forces bring 70% of supplies through Pakistan every month, from a total of two thousand truckloads.