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As many as 20 people are feared to have been charred to death when a private luxury sleeper bus caught fire after hitting a two-wheeler in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Friday, October 24. However, of the 41 passengers on the bus, around 20 people managed to jump out of the bus minutes before the bus was completely gutted, leaving behind only the metal frame.

The Volvo A/C sleeper bus operated by V Kaveri Travels was going from Hyderabad to Bengaluru when it caught fire near Chinnatekuru village of Kurnool district around 3.30 am.

Most of the passengers were asleep at the time of the accident and woke up to panicked screams, fire, and dense smoke.

“I was sleeping when the fire started and spread within seconds. The emerge

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