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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Hundreds of mobile phones on burning bus intensified deadly fire that killed 20, reports say

Hundreds of mobile phones on board a passenger bus that collided with a motorcycle in India intensified a deadly fire in which at least 20 people died, reports said.

Around 40 passengers were travelling in a bus plying between Hyderabad in Telangana state and Bengaluru in Karnataka state on 24 October when the vehicle collided with a motorcycle whose ruptured fuel tank caused a deadly fire.

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