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Faculty bus hearth in Thailand kills at the very least 23 By Reuters

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By Napat Wesshasartar and Panarat Thepgumpanat

BANGKOK (Reuters) -A minimum of 23 individuals died in Thailand when a faculty bus carrying greater than 40 college students and lecturers on a area journey caught hearth within the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, police stated on Tuesday.

Twenty three our bodies have been recognized, Trairong Phiwpan, forensic science commissioner instructed reporters, with an investigation on the causes underway.

Sixteen college students and three lecturers had been despatched to a hospital for remedy, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit stated.

Photographs posted on social media and carried by native information retailers confirmed thick gray smoke pouring out of the bus, elements of which had been nonetheless on hearth.

The blaze was later extinguished. A Reuters photographer noticed hearth vehicles, police and rescue autos parked across the blackened car, with a cluster of firefighters on the entrance.

“Teachers told us that the fire ignited very quickly,” appearing police chief 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 stated, including that some college students escaped by means of the window.

“We are investigating all individuals, including the bus company to see if this was a case of negligence.”

The bus was a car (NGV), in line with Transport Minister Suriya.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra stated the scholars had been on a area journey from the province of Uthai Thani, about 250km (155 miles) north of the capital.

“As a mother, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families,” she stated in a social media put up on X.

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