[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí]

A school bus with 44 passengersmajority childrenHE fire when transporting an excursion group to the outskirts of the city. Bangkok. Authorities registered 23 deaths after identification 19 survivors.

Emergency vehicle, a. double decker bus who appears to be engulfed in flames in images released by emergency services and transmitted to 38 schoolchildren And six teachers from the Wat Khao Phraya school (in Uthai Thani province) on an excursion north of Bangkok, more than 200 kilometers.

Royal Thai Police Deputy Commissioner Korcai Klaiklueng confirmed today that the number the number of deaths rose to 23 (20 schoolchildren and three teachers), although the age of the victims has not yet been reported, the public channel Thai PBS reported.

After completion IDENTIFIERInstitute workers stood in line, and cars with corpses They left the building one by one in the direction of Wutai Thani, where they arrived in the late afternoon to begin the funeral rites.

According to official documentsthe school accepts students from kindergarten to 15 yearshowever, the age and identities of the passengers have not yet been disclosed.

Police also find out why 19 passengers from the bus they managed to escape while others do not because of suspicions that the door may have been blocked after the fire.

At least among the survivors two minorsgirls from among 7 and 9 years oldare being treated for serious burns to 20-30% of the body and are still in the intensive care unit of the city hospital. Thammasat University.

Bus fire with passengers inside shortly after noon on the Vibhawadi Rangsit Expressway which passes through BangkokThis was reported by Thai PBS.

According to preliminary data, driver belonging bus could lose control of the car due to injectwhich would lead to a side collision preceded fireKittirat Panfet, acting chief of the National Police, told the public channel.

This was announced by Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a message on his Facebook page. condolences families of the victims and said that Government will take over medical expenses belonging survivors.