7 killed, 14 injured in fire on bus in western India

At least seven people were charred to death and over 14 others injured in a fire which broke out on a luxury bus after it collided with a diesel tanker in the western Indian state of Maharashtra in the early hours of Wednesday, a senior police official said. "The incident happened in Kude village in the state's Manor district when the Volvo bus collided with the diesel tanker coming from the opposite direction. The bus caught fire in the impact of the collision in which seven people were killed on the spot while those injured have been admitted to a local hospital with burn injuries," he said on condition of anonymity. The bus was traveling from the city of Pune in Maharashtra to the neighboring state of Gujarat's Ahmedabad city and the accident halted traffic on state highway, the official said. A probe has been ordered into the incident, he added