Nearly two dozen college students and teachers in Thailand are feared tiresome after a faculty bus change into once engulfed in flames on Tuesday while touring for a field outing on Tuesday, officers talked about.
The bus change into once touring from central Uthai Thani province to Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces when the fire came about on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit suggested newshounds on the scene.
Footage captured on the scene existing the flames engulfing the scorched bus as plumes of shaded smoke billowed into the air.
“Lecturers suggested us that the fire ignited in a transient time,” acting police chief Kittirat Phanphet suggested newshounds. “From chatting with witnesses, we assume the explosion change into once triggered by a spark from the tire that lit the gas cylinder that change into once powering the automobile.”
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He added that some college students escaped via home windows because the fire burned.
Piyalak Thinkaew, a rescuer of the Ruamkatanyu Basis, suggested newshounds that 23 passengers – three teachers and 20 college students – onboard the bus were missing and feared tiresome. It change into once earlier believed that 25 were feared tiresome, but Thinkaew talked about that two more survivors had been chanced on.
The college students on the bus were reported to be in traditional and junior high faculty.
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Juangroongruangkit talked about 16 college students and three teachers were hospitalized and receiving remedy. Their prerequisites were unclear.
Phanphet talked about that an investigation is underway.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra offered her condolences in a post on social media platform X, announcing the authorities would rob care of medical expenses and compensate the victims’ families.
“As a mom, I’d admire to particular my deepest condolences to the families,” she wrote.
The Connected Press contributed to this document.
