More bodies have been recovered from an explosion that took place on an oil tanker anchored in Pakistan.

The death toll from the blast at the Gadani shipbreaking yard yesterday has now reached 18, local media report.

More than 50 workers were injured due to the explosion while many more are trapped in the vessel.

Basheer Mehmoodani, president of a local union, told Reuters there was an unclear number of workers still inside the burning ship.

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