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XJaipur: A private sleeper bus caught fire after coming in contact with a power line in Manoharpur area here on Tuesday, leaving two persons dead and 10 others injured, officials said. The bus was carrying over 50 labourers from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit to a brick kiln in Manoharpur when it came in contact with an 11 kV electricity line. Additional Superintendent of Police Tejpal Singh said household items, motorcycles and 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. Some gas cylinders were also kept in the bus. Jaipur District Collector Jitendra Soni said two of the gas cylinders caught fire in the incident. Quoting eyewitness

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