
"A bus fire in northwestern India has killed at least 20 people and left around 16 others seriously injured, according to local authorities and media reports. A short circuit is thought to have sparked the fire that rapidly engulfed the vehicle, which was being driven on a major highway at the time. What do we know about the bus fire? The bus, carrying about 50 passengers, caught fire shortly after departing from Jaisalmer toward Jodhpur in Rajasthan state. Witnesses said smoke began rising from the rear of the vehicle, possibly due to an electrical short circuit, before flames rapidly engulfed it."
"Many victims were trapped inside because the bus had only one door for entry and exit. "Passengers didn't get time to deboard the bus as the fire spread quickly," local ruling party lawmaker Mahant Pratap Puri told the Associated Press. "It was a new bus with full load of air-conditioning gas. There was just one door for entry and exit. Unfortunately, the passengers seated on the rear end couldn't make it to the exit and were burned alive," said Puri."
At least 20 people were killed and around 16 others were seriously injured in a bus fire in northwestern India. The bus carried about 50 passengers and caught fire shortly after departing Jaisalmer for Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Smoke was seen rising from the rear and a short circuit is thought to have sparked the blaze, which rapidly engulfed the vehicle. The driver stopped the bus near a military station, but many victims were trapped because the bus had only one door. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced compensation for families of the dead and for the injured, and DNA identification of victims began.
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