Around 39 passengers were charred to death, when the bus they are travelling caught fire at in Palem village of Kottakota Mandalam in Mehboob Nagar district. The Jabbar Travels Volvo Bus No: AP02-TA 0963, originated from Bangalore yesterday night caught fire around 5.20 am near Palem village, when it is expected to reach Hyderabad in an hour or so.

The fire accident occurs when all the passengers are in deep sleep. According to reports there are 45 passengers in the bus. Except driver, cleaner and few lucky passengers, who are able to jump out of the bus breaking the window glasses rest, were burned to death in the fire accident. According to survivors, within minutes the bus was engulfed by the fire and there is no chance for the passengers to escape from the fire.

According to reports, the bus driver has rammed into road divider while trying to overtake a car and the diesel tank of the bus caught fire and it spreads to bus within minutes. But, the driver, who was admitted in the hospital, says the bus rammed into divider after he lost control on the bus because the front tyre of the bus busted suddenly. However 39 passengers were burnt alive in this accident.

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The unfortunate passengers who lost their lives in this fire accident are: Gali Bala Azahar (41), Mohidden (21), Venkatesh (45), Jyothy (33), Sundar Raju, Gali Mery Vijaya Kumari (50), Chandrashekar (41), Gourav Vikram Roy, Kiran (30), Shoyab, Krishna(36), Adari (27), Prashanth Gupta (23), Venkatesh (50), Hafeez (45), Amar (31), Puthiya (28), Ramaraju (30)and Vedavati (27). Rest of the ill-fated passengers’ names to be announced yet.