Daijiworld Media Network - Jaipur

Jaipur, Oct 14: A catastrophic fire claimed 20 lives on Tuesday afternoon when a private AC sleeper bus caught fire while traveling along the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur Highway, near Thaiyat village in Rajasthan. The vehicle, carrying 57 passengers, went up in flames barely 20 kilometres from Jaisalmer, shortly after departing for Jodhpur around 3:00 PM.

The fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit in the rear portion of the bus, quickly spread, engulfing the vehicle in minutes. Horrified passengers screamed for help and many jumped from windows to escape the inferno. Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and chaos, with thick smoke and flames visible from a distance.

Among the dead was 79-year-old Hussain Khan, who succumbed to his injuries afte

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