Hanoi (VNA) – At least 20 Myanmarmigrant workers were killed in a bus fire on early March 30 in Thailand, saidlocal authorities.
The accident broke out at 1:25 am(local time) in the northwest province of Tak, which borders Myanmar.
According to Thailand’s relevantagencies, the bus was among four busses carrying migrants from a Thai bordertown to Bangkok.
It was unclear how the blaze startedon the bus. Footage from the scene showed that many passengers were trappedinside the destroyed vehicle.
A rescue worker in Tak province said therewere about 47 passengers on the bus, while a representative of the province’sDisaster Prevention and Mitigation affirmed that the death toll was 20, withthree people injured.
The country has a poor road safetyrecord on crashes, which claims about 24,000 lives each year, reported theWorld Health Organisation.
Last week, a bus crashed into a treein the country’s northeast, killing 18. The driver later confessed to being ondrugs at the time of the crash. – VNA