“The occupants of the bus were mostly flood victims” who were “returning to their homes in Dadu district,” said an official in Jamsoro city.
At least 17 people were killed and 10 others injured when the bus they were traveling in burst into flames in southern Pakistan.
The accident occurred on Wednesday night on the highway connecting Karachi with the cities of Hyderabad and Jamsoro in Sindh province.
About 35 people were on board the fatal bus.
The cause of the fire has not been determined, but Pakistani police said the fire started in the back of the bus and spread rapidly. Some passengers jumped out of the windows to escape the flames that engulfed the vehicle.
“The occupants of the bus were mostly flood victims” who were “returning to their homes in Dadu district,” said an official in Jamsoro city.
Dadu is one of the districts worst affected by the recent floods in Sindh province.
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