India, Oct. 14 -- Twenty people were burnt alive and more than a dozen others were injured when a fire broke out in an air-conditioned bus on the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway and quickly spread through the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Pokaran MLA Pratap Puri said 19 bodies were found in the bus while one passenger died on the way to Jodhpur. Puri also told PTI that the authorities have decided that DNA tests would be used to confirm the identity of the deceased.

Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma condoled the deaths and reached Jaisalmer as the scale of the tragedy emerged.

Jaisalmer Municipal Council's assistant fire officer Krishanpal Singh Rathore said about 15 passengers, including four women and three children, had sustai...