Twenty-one passengers were killed and 16 others were seriously injured when a Jodhpur-bound bus caught fire near Jaisalmer. Though a forensic report is yet to come, it is believed that a short circuit caused the fire in the newly modified bus. If reports are to be believed, a loud blast occurred, and the ill-fated bus was engulfed by massive flames within minutes. Though the local people rushed and tried to douse the fire, it was so massive that all efforts proved useless. There were 57 people, including women and children, on the bus; most of the bodies are so charred that they are beyond recognition and only DNA tests can help identify them.

Why was lone door jammed?

However, the moot question is: why could no one come out of the door of the bus? There was only one door in the luxuriou

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