India bus fire kills at least 25, injures eight
A bus crashed and burst into flames killing at least 25 people in India's western state of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, police and officials said, Azernews reports.
"The bus was travelling from Nagpur to Pune when at around 1:35 am it met with an accident on Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway, after which the diesel tank of the bus caught fire," local police told.
"The majority of deaths were caused due to burning."
Twenty-five people were killed and eight were injured, Maharashtra's deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said in a post on Twitter.
Inquiry has been ordered into the private bus accident at Pimpalkuta in Buldhana district.
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) July 1, 2023
The police is also recording the driver’s statement.
Along with CM Eknathji Shinde, we have left to reach the accident site.#BusAccident #fire #Maharashtra #pimpalkuta #Buldhana pic.twitter.com/h9LKzkguJ8
The state's Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted separate tweets expressing sorrow, and said they would pay support to each victim's family, amounting to 700,000 Indian rupees.
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