5 people, including 2 children, burnt alive after bus catches fire in Karnataka

Five passengers, including two children, who were heading to Bengaluru from Vijayapura in a private bus were charred to death when it caught fire on the highway in Chitradurga district on Wednesday morning. Twenty-seven people were admitted to hospital after sustaining injuries. A passenger alleged that when the bus caught fire the driver parked the vehicle and fled the spot.