India bus fire kills a minimum of 25, hurts eight

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A bus crashed and burst into flames killing at least 25 people in India&s western state of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday,
police and officials said.&The bus was traveling from Nagpur to Pune when at around 1:35 am it met with an accident on Samruddhi Mahamarg
expressway, after which the diesel tank of the bus caught fire,& local police told Reuters TV partner ANI.&The majority of deaths were
caused due to burning.&Twenty-five people were killed and eight were injured, Maharashtra&s deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said in
a post on Twitter.The state&s Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted separate tweets expressing sorrow, and
said they would pay support to each victim&s family, amounting to 700,000 Indian rupees ($8,500).The post India bus fire kills at least 25,
injures eight first appeared on Ariana News.