BULDHANA: As many as 26 people died and seven others suffered injuries when a bus travelling from Yavatmal to Pune caught fire on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway in Buldhana on Saturday.
The incident happened around 2am, reported news agency ANI.

“A total of 33 people were travelling on the bus. The driver of the bus also survived and said that the bus overturned after a tyre burst leading to flames in the bus. Later the diesel tank of the vehicle caught fire,” said Buldhana SP Sunil Kadasane.
The SP added that there were three children among those who died.
“The exact reason for the accident has not yet been ascertained,” said the SP.
Buldhana police deputy SP Baburao Mahamuni said the injured were shifted to Buldhana Civil Hospital for treatment.