Zimbabwe: At Least 42 Feared Dead In Bus Fire

Local Editor

Zimbabwe’s police pulled the charred remains of passengers from a bus that caught fire overnight in the south of the country and said at least 42 people were feared dead.

Additionally, more than 20 were taken to hospital with injuries, state broadcaster ZEC said.

The bus was traveling from Bulawayo city to the border town of Beitbridge when it caught fire around midnight after a suspected gas tank leak.

A picture on the broadcaster’s website showed the bus’s incinerated shell.

Also last week, 50 people were killed when two buses collided. It was not immediately possible to reach a police spokeswoman for comment.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team