At least 45 people, including children, have been killed in an overnight bus accident on a highway south of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia
At least 45 people have been killed when a bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire on a highway in western Bulgaria.
The accident took place south of capital Sofia early on Tuesday, the head of the fire safety and civil protection department at the interior ministry, Nikolai Nikolov, told private BTV television. "At least 45 people were killed after a bus caught fire and crashed, or crashed and then caught fire," Nikolov said.
There were children among the victims, and seven people with burns were rushed to hospital in the capital Sofia, Nikolov, said.The site of the accident, on the Struma highway near the village of BosnekAccording to the bTV channel, 12 children were onboard the bus, which was travelling from Turkey's main city of Istanbul to Skopje in North Macedonia.
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