52 killed in Kazakhstan bus fire

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IANS Astana
Last Updated : Jan 18 2018 | 1:35 PM IST

At least 52 people were killed on Thursday after a passenger bus travelling on a country road in western Kazakhstan caught fire, officials said.

Only five occupants of the vehicle managed to survive the tragedy, Efe news cited a spokesperson of the Kazakh Emergency Situations Committee as saying.

--IANS

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First Published: Jan 18 2018 | 1:28 PM IST

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