At least 27 people were feared dead when a bus, carrying at least 32 passengers, fell into a roadside pit and caught fire in Bihar's East Champaran district on Thursday, Disaster Management Department minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav said, according to media reports. The bus was on its way to Delhi from Muzaffarpur.
The incident took place on NH-28 near Belwa village under Kotwa police station area, about 30 kilometres from Motihari, the district headquarters.
The private air-conditioned bus had begun its journey at Muzaffarpur, about 85 km from Motihari.
The fire incinerated the bus and nobody could be retrieved so far.
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