25 students have died in a fire in a school bus in Thailand. According to news agency AFP, there were 44 people on the bus, out of which 16 have been admitted to the hospital. Currently, rescue workers are trying to evacuate the remaining children. The cause of the fire has not been revealed yet. However, eyewitnesses present at the spot say that the fire broke out due to the bus tire bursting. According to Reuters, the accident happened in Bangkok’s Khu Khot area on Tuesday afternoon at around 12:30. The bus was returning from a school trip. Children from the age of 3 to 15 years were present in the bus. Apart from this, 5 teachers were also on board. According to BBC, the driver of the bus is absconding and efforts are being made to find him. Understand how the accident happened in the bus through graphics… 8 pictures related to the accident… Transport Minister said – the bus was running on CNG
Thailand’s Prime Minister Pyitongtarn Shinawatra has expressed condolences to the families of the children who lost their lives in the accident. He has ordered the Transport Minister to go to the spot and take stock of the situation. At the same time, the country’s Home Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that even after the rescue workers reached, the bus was so hot that it was very difficult to go inside it. Because of this, the bodies were in the bus for a long time after the accident. The deceased have not been identified yet. Thailand’s Transport Minister said that the bus was running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). This is a very sad incident. I have asked the ministry to ban the use of fuel like CNG for such passenger vehicles and find some other alternative. Thailand is one of the worst countries in terms of road safety. Every year 20 thousand accidents occur here due to bad vehicles and wrong driving. Read this news too… Fire in Kuwait building, 49 dead: 40 of them are reported to be Indians; PM Modi calls a meeting of Foreign Ministry officials. 49 workers died in a fire in a 6-storey building in Kuwait’s Mangaf city. More than 50 people are injured. According to media reports, 40 of the dead are Indians. However, this has not been confirmed yet. This accident took place at around 6 am today as per Kuwait time. The Foreign Ministry has informed that only 30 people have been injured. Nothing has been said about how many of the dead are Indians. However, it is suspected that they are from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Read the full news…
