At least 20 Myanmar migrant workers were killed in a bus fire on early March 30 in Thailand, said local authorities.
At least 20 Myanmar migrant workers were
killed in a bus fire on early March 30 in Thailand, said local authorities
(Photo: The Nation/Asia News Network)
The accident broke out at 1:25 am (local time) in the northwest province of Tak,
which borders Myanmar.
According to Thailand’s
relevant agencies, the bus was among four busses carrying migrants from a Thai
border town to Bangkok.
It was unclear how the blaze started on
the bus. Footage from the scene showed that many passengers were trapped inside
the destroyed vehicle.
A rescue worker in Tak province said there
were about 47 passengers on the bus, while a representative of the province’s
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation affirmed that the death toll was 20, with
three people injured.
The country has a poor road safety record
on crashes, which claims about 24,000 lives each year, reported the World
Health Organisation.
Last week, a bus crashed into a tree in
the country’s northeast, killing 18. The driver later confessed to being on
drugs at the time of the crash. – VNA
Source: VNA
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