Twenty passengers were burnt alive and sixteen others critically injured after a private bus carrying fifty-seven people from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur caught fire on Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed. The incident occurred about ten minutes after departure, with smoke detected from the rear section of the vehicle on the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway. Advertisement

The driver stopped the bus, but flames engulfed it within moments. Locals, passers-by, and Army personnel assisted in rescue operations as fire tenders and police were alerted. The injured were taken to Jawahar Hospital in Jaisalmer, and sixteen critical patients were referred to a hospital in Jodhpur.

BJP MLA Pratap Puri stated, "Nineteen passengers died in the bus and one succumbed to burn injuries on the way to Jodhpur."

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