Deadly fire engulfs Thai schoolbus, over 20 feared dead

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About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalised.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mw922xcb  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00About 25 people were feared dead when a school bus caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok on Tuesday.

00:09Video handed out by Thai rescuers showed the bus engulfed in flames.

00:14The bus was carrying students and teachers who were on a field trip from the province of Uthai Thani.

00:20The school bus was carrying students and teachers who were on a field trip from the province of Uthai Thani.

00:26The school bus was carrying students and teachers who were on a field trip from the province of Uthai Thani.

00:35The blaze was later extinguished.

00:37Police could not immediately confirm the number of injuries or deaths,

00:41but Interior Minister Anutancharn Virakul told reporters that about 23 people were still missing.

00:48Sixteen students and three teachers were sent to a hospital for treatment,

00:52Transport Minister Surya Jwangrungrungkit said, adding that the cause of the incident was still being investigated.

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