Passengers in Zimbabwe caught in bus fire; 40 killed
At least 42 people were killed and 27 others were injured when a bus caught fire in Zimbabwe, police said Friday. The accident, which took place on Thursday evening near the south-east town of Gwanda, is suspected to have been caused by petrol or gas, district police spokesman Philisani Ndebele told reporters.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 16 November 2018
- Modified Date: 12:47 | 16 November 2018
Fire swept through a passenger bus in Zimbabwe, and police said Friday that more than 40 people died and at least 20 were injured, some with severe burns.
Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said she did not have details about the cause of the accident on Thursday night.
A photograph posted on Twitter by the Zimbabwe Red Cross shows the remains of a bus that was completely incinerated. The Red Cross said its teams responded to a "horrific accident" involving a bus heading to neighboring South Africa at around midnight.
The accident happened in Gwanda district, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) south of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital.
Last week, a collision between two buses in Zimbabwe killed 50 people and injured about 80.