A minimum of 23 family died in Thailand when a college bus wearing greater than 40 scholars and academics on a ground commute stuck fireplace at the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, police mentioned on Tuesday.
Twenty-three our bodies had been known, Trairong Phiwpan, forensic science commissioner instructed newshounds, with an investigation at the reasons underway.
16 scholars and 3 academics had been despatched to a sanatorium for remedy, Delivery Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit mentioned.
Pictures posted on social media and carried through native information shops confirmed thick gray smoke pouring out of the bus, portions of which have been nonetheless on fireplace.
The blaze was once after extinguished. A Reuters photographer noticed fireplace vehicles, police, and rescue automobiles parked across the blackened car, with a aggregate of firefighters on the front.
“Teachers told us that the fire ignited very quickly,” appearing police important Kittirat Phanphet instructed a press convention.
“From speaking to witnesses, we believe the explosion was caused by a spark from the tyre that lit the gas cylinder that was powering the vehicle,” he mentioned, including that some scholars escaped throughout the window.
“We are investigating all individuals, including the bus company to see if this was a case of negligence.”
The bus was once a herbal gasoline car (NGV), consistent with Delivery Minister Suriya.
High Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra mentioned the scholars had been on a ground commute from the province of Uthai Thani, about 250km north of the capital.
“As a mother, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families,” she mentioned in a social media put up on X.
