Kurnool, Oct. 24 -- A forensic team on Friday morning rushed to the site on the National Highway 44 in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district, where at least 20 people died and several sustained injuries after a bus caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle.

The forensic team began a detailed inspection of the vehicle and experts are collecting evidence to determine the exact cause of the fire and the sequence of events leading up to the incident.

The Bangalore-bound bus carrying 41 passengers caught fire, in Chinnatekur in Kallur mandal of Kurnool, after the motorcycle got stuck under the bus and was engulfed in flames after petrol leaked from its ruptured fuel tank.

According to Kurnool District Collector A Siri, there were 41 p...