The possible cause of a fire on a bus in Kazakhstan called circuit wiring
Moscow. 18 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — the Department of emergency situations (DES) of the Aktobe oblast of Kazakhstan believe that the cause of the fire in the bus, which killed 52 of the citizen of Uzbekistan, could be a faulty vehicle.
“The preliminary cause of fire — circuit wiring”, — reported in the emergency Department on Thursday at a briefing in Aktobe (the administrative centre of the region).
In addition, according to the Agency, the bus was overloaded.
As reported, on Thursday in the Irgiz district of Aktobe region of Kazakhstan as a result of ignition of the bus killed 52 people — all citizens of Uzbekistan. Only the bus was carrying 57 people managed to survive. Two of the survivors — bus drivers, citizens of Kazakhstan.
Five people who managed to escape from the burning bus, taken to hospital Irgiz area with light injuries, said in the emergency Department. So, the two surviving drivers from Kazakhstan diagnosed thermal burns of I degree.