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At least 17 killed in Peru bus fire: officials
Seventeen people have been killed and eight more injured after a double-decker bus caught fire at an illegal transport terminal in the #Peru'vian capital #Lima, a spokesman for the country's firefighters said. Witnesses said the fire on Sunday started in the bus's motor at the rear of the vehicle and quickly spread to its interior, spokesman Lewis Mejia told reporters, adding that the cause of the first was under investigation.
Lima's Mayor Jorge Munoz said the bus burst into flames at the Fiori bus terminal that authorities had banned just weeks ago because it was located next to an illegal shop that sells fuel. "It appears that on the second floor of [the] bus, where most of the victims were found, they were transporting fuel. That's a very serious matter," Munoz told journalists in broadcast comments before visiting survivors at a local hospital.
Seventeen people have been killed and eight more injured after a double-decker bus caught fire at an illegal transport terminal in the #Peru'vian capital #Lima, a spokesman for the country's firefighters said. Witnesses said the fire on Sunday started in the bus's motor at the rear of the vehicle and quickly spread to its interior, spokesman Lewis Mejia told reporters, adding that the cause of the first was under investigation.
Lima's Mayor Jorge Munoz said the bus burst into flames at the Fiori bus terminal that authorities had banned just weeks ago because it was located next to an illegal shop that sells fuel. "It appears that on the second floor of [the] bus, where most of the victims were found, they were transporting fuel. That's a very serious matter," Munoz told journalists in broadcast comments before visiting survivors at a local hospital.