SOFIA – At least 45 people died when a bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire on a road in Bulgaria west on Tuesday (23/11/2021), according to a number of officials.
Children were among the victims of the accident and seven people with burns were taken to a hospital in the capital Sofia, head of the fire department at the interior ministry, Nikolai Nikolov, told a private TV station. BTV.
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“At least 45 people died after a bus caught fire and had an accident or vice versa,” Nikolov said.
The accident happened at around 2am local time, he said. The authorities then closed the scene.
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Most of the victims were from North Macedonia, an official at the North Macedonian embassy in Sofia told BTV.
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