Study Tour Bus Bring 44 Teachers Burned In Thailand, 25 Reportedly Died, Driver Escaped

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JAKARTA - A bus carrying 44 people consisting of students and teachers on fire on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand today Tuesday, October 1.

Citing CBN News, Tuesday, October 1, about 20 passengers were reportedly killed. Meanwhile, the bus driver who survived fled.

Thailand's Minister of Transportation, Suriya Jungrungruengki, said the bus was from Uthai Thani Province in the middle to Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi Provinces during a study tour.

Minister of Home Affairs Anutin Charnvirakul revealed that his party could not confirm the number of victims who died because officers were still evacuating and collecting identity data.

However, Anutin previously said 25 passengers were reportedly killed.

A rescue worker from the Rumamkatanyu Foundation added that 23 people consisted of three teachers and 20 students whose bodies were still unknown in the identification process.

Most of the identified bodies were found in the middle and rear chairs, but they assumed the fire started from the front of the bus.