A school bus carrying over 40 students and teachers caught fire on a field trip outside Bangkok, Thailand, resulting in at least 23 deaths. Sixteen students and three teachers were hospitalized for treatment. Authorities suspect the fire was caused by a spark from a tire igniting a gas cylinder powering the vehicle.
At least 23 people died in Thailand when a school bus carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip caught fire in the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, police said on Tuesday.
Sixteen students and three teachers were sent to a hospital for treatment, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said. The blaze was later extinguished. A Reuters photographer saw fire trucks, police and rescue vehicles parked around the blackened vehicle, with a cluster of firefighters at the entrance.“Teachers told us that the fire ignited very quickly,” acting police chief Kittirat Phanphet told a press conference.
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