He said household items, including cycles, kept on the top of the bus touched the high tension line when the bus was passing from an internal 'kaccha' road near a village in Manoharpur. After touching the live wire, the bus caught fire

A private bus caught fire after coming in contact with a hanging wire in the Manoharpur area on Tuesday, leaving two persons dead and 10 others injured.

The bus was carrying over 50 labourers. Read More

Additional Superintendent of Police Tejpal Singh said the bus was carrying labourers from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit to a brick kiln in Manoharpur.

He said household items, including cycles, kept on the top of the bus touched the high tension line when the bus was passing from an internal 'kaccha' road near a village in Manoharpur. After touching the liv

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