As many as 25 children, teachers feared killed in Thai school bus blaze

Oct. 1 (UPI) -- At least 25 people were feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday when a school bus carrying primary school children burst into flames on a highway just north of the capital, Bangkok.

Sixteen children and three teachers managed to escape, the scene of the incident in Pathum Thani, about 10 miles north of downtown Bangkok, but 22 pupils and three teachers are unaccounted for, according to Transport Minister Suriyahe Juangroongruangkit who said the bus ran on compressed natural gas, rather than diesel or gasoline.

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