KARACHI: The bodies of 18 passengers who dropped dead after a passenger bus caught fire on the M9 motorway near Jamshoro’s Nooriabad have been moved to Khairpur Nathan Shah (KN) Shah, according to ARY News.
At least 18 passengers were killed and several others were injured when a flood-affected bus travelling from Karachi to KN Shah caught fire near Nooriabad.
According to the highway police, a fire broke out in the air-conditioning unit of the passenger bus near Nooriabad. “A short circuit in the air conditioner may have caused the fire.”
Rescue personnel have sent the deceased to the ancestral region for burials.
Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, was alerted to the occurrence and gave the deputy commissioner and superintendent police of Jamshoro instructions to rush to the scene with ambulances and rescue the injured.
He expressed sorrow over the loss of life, saying, “The injured folks should promptly be taken to the hospital and the administration should provide all forms of help to the relatives of the victims.”
Additionally, CM Murad has requested a report on the incident.
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