At least 20 passengers burnt to death in bus fire

A suspected short circuit sparked a fire on a passenger bus, rapidly engulfing the vehicle in flames and burning at least 20 people to death, authorities said.

The bus with 35 to 50 passengers aboard was minutes from starting its journey between the towns of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur in Rajasthan state when the fire broke out, said local ruling party lawmaker Mahant Pratap Puri.