Forty Die In Bus Fire
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW DELHI, June 27. Forty persons were killed and 33 injured when petrol cans being carried on top of a passenger bus ignited at Jehangirbad in Uttar Pradesh State, according to reports reaching here today, the Associated Press reported. The reports said the tragedy occurred on Saturday when the bus stopped in the village. Fifteen passengers were reported inside toe bus and burned to death. The others apparently died of burns..
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31101, 2 July 1966, Page 23
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79Forty Die In Bus Fire Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31101, 2 July 1966, Page 23
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