At least 18 dead including children in bus inferno after coach taking flood victims home catches fire in Pakistan

AT least 18 people including children have died after the coach that was taking flood victims home caught fire. Officials said the fire broke out on Wednesday night on the M-9 motorway near Karachi in Pakistan. At least 18 people have died in the fireGetty So far, 18 passengers have died in the accident, ten were injured who were treated by rescue teams, Siraj Qasim Soomro, parliamentary health secretary told reporters. Around 35 people were travelling on the bus. Jamshoro District Commissioner Asif Jameel said: “Those who were travelling in the bus were flood-affected people who had relocated somewhere off the motorway, and they were heading back home in Dadu district.”