Passengers in Zimbabwe caught in bus fire; 40 killed
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Fire swept through a passenger bus in Zimbabwe, killing more than 40 people and injuring at least 20, some of whom suffered severe burns, authorities said Friday.
A photograph posted on Twitter by the Zimbabwe Red Cross shows the remains of the bus that was completely incinerated late Thursday. The Red Cross said its teams responded to a “horrific accident” involving a bus heading to neighbouring South Africa at around midnight.
“Combustible material was allowed onto the bus, thus causing a conflagration which entrapped, scalded and consumed innocent passengers,” President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a condolence message.
Mnangagwa said the government should “take appropriate measures which comprehensively deal with this growing menace on our roads.”