Karachi:
A bus was traveling in the middle of the night in Nuria Bad area of Pakistan. More than 60 people traveled in this.
Then the bus suddenly caught fire. The driver stopped the bus due to this. But the fire quickly spread throughout the bus. Some of the passengers escaped by breaking the windows of the bus and jumping down.
But 21 people including children trapped inside the bus got burnt to death. More than 40 people were injured. They were rescued and admitted to the hospital.
Firefighters rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire in the bus. Preliminary investigation revealed that the fire broke out in the refrigerator compartment of the bus.
Those traveling in the bus that caught fire were displaced by the flood. The recent heavy rains in Pakistan left most of the districts inundated. The affected people were rescued and accommodated in Karachi.
People were traveling by bus from Karachi to Sairpur Naran Shah area when the flood subsided. Most of the victims were children.