Jaipur, Oct. 15 -- As the blaze spread, the door of the Jaisalmer AC bus got jammed, preventing choking passengers from escaping the burning vehicle, leading to the deaths of 21 people, while 15 were critically injured. Tragically, the bus also had no emergency exit.
Most of the passengers died in the aisle of the bus while possibly trying to escape, said Kailash Dan, Additional SP, Jaisalmer.
The bus turned into a ball of fire, just 10 minutes after starting its journey from Jaisalmer on Tuesday late afternoon. It was near the Army War Memorial when it burst into flames.
The AC sleeper private passenger bus was travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
While 19 persons were burnt alive inside the bus, one 79-year-old passenger...