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Explosion in Gujrat School Van
Seventeen children and a teacher were burnt to death when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan region due to a faulty gas cylinder that exploded in the van while taking them all to school. Van was carrying total number of 24 students to a private school in Gujrat about 112 kilometers away to the north of eastern city of Lahore when it caught fire, Local Police Chief. “The fire erupted in the vehicle when the children were only a few kilometers away from their school,” he said.
The children were aged between five and 15 years, he said, adding that a female teacher also died. The government announced Rs 0.5 million as compensation for those killed and Rs 75,000 for the injured. The driver, who fled and left the van in flames, has been arrested in the nearby city of Kharian, police official Abid Khan said. The driver had also kept petrol in a plastic bottle, as reserve fuel for emergency use, which may have contributed in intensifying the fire, he added.
“We told the driver there was a very bad smell of gas leakage. But he did not listen and soon after the fire erupted,” a 10-year boy who survived the blaze told.
The children were aged between five and 15 years, he said, adding that a female teacher also died. The government announced Rs 0.5 million as compensation for those killed and Rs 75,000 for the injured. The driver, who fled and left the van in flames, has been arrested in the nearby city of Kharian, police official Abid Khan said. The driver had also kept petrol in a plastic bottle, as reserve fuel for emergency use, which may have contributed in intensifying the fire, he added.
“We told the driver there was a very bad smell of gas leakage. But he did not listen and soon after the fire erupted,” a 10-year boy who survived the blaze told.
The driver added that the fire started when he converted from CNG fuel intake to petrol fuel intake.
Vehicles mostly run on both petrol and natural gas.
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