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At least 50 people are feared to have been killed in Bangladesh when a bus packed with passengers crashed in the town of Comilla, police have said.At least 50 people are feared to have been killed in Bangladesh when a bus packed with passengers crashed in the town of Comilla, police have said.
The bus veered off the road and caught fire as it tried to overtake another vehicle, a local police official told the Associated Press news agency.The bus veered off the road and caught fire as it tried to overtake another vehicle, a local police official told the Associated Press news agency.
Another police official said the bus hit an auto rickshaw loaded with gas cylinders, Agence France Presse said. Witnesses and police said compressed gas cylinders fuelling the bus exploded after it hit an auto rickshaw.
The bus was carrying approximately 60 people when it crashed. Between 60 and 100 people are reported to have been travelling on the bus.
Comilla police inspector Mohammed Kamal Uddin told AFP that only six people had escaped. Comilla police inspector Mohammed Kamal Uddin told Agence France Presse that only six people had escaped.
He said he believed the rest had been burned to death.He said he believed the rest had been burned to death.
The accident happened on a busy road outside the town of Comilla in eastern Bangladesh.The accident happened on a busy road outside the town of Comilla in eastern Bangladesh.