{"id":371169,"date":"2021-11-23T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bus-crashes-catches-fire-in-bulgaria-at-least-45-dead\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:08:46","slug":"bus-crashes-catches-fire-in-bulgaria-at-least-45-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bus-crashes-catches-fire-in-bulgaria-at-least-45-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bus crashes, catches fire in Bulgaria; at least 45 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Bus crashes, catches fire in Bulgaria; at least 45 dead<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>SOFIA, Bulgaria \u2014 A bus carrying people home to North Macedonia from a tourist <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Istanbul crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, authorities and local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The accident h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened around 2 a.m. and there were children among the victims, authorities said. Seven people were taken to hospitals for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash was not immediately confirmed, but it appeared that the bus hit a highway guard rail, crashed and caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>The bus was one of four traveling together. Officials said an investigation will be launched.<\/p>\n<p>Photos taken shortly after the crash showed the bus engulfed in flames with plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov told reporters at the crash site that he had \u201cnever in my life seen something more horrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picture is horrifying, the people who were on the bus are turned to charcoal,\u201d Rashkov said. \u201cIt is impossible to say how many they were. There were four buses that traveled together, and it is possible that passengers changed buses during the stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, who also visited the site of the crash, told reporters it was \u201ca huge tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327345040469.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The bus, registered in Northern Macedonia, crashed around 2 a.m.\" class=\"wp-image-20239433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327345040469.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327345040469.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327345040469.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327345040469.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The bus, registered in Northern Macedonia, crashed around 2 a.m.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI take this opportunity to send my condolences to the relatives of the victims,\u201d Yanev said. \u201cLet\u2019s hope we learn lessons from this tragic incident and we can prevent such incidents in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency Novinite said representatives from North Macedonia\u2019s embassy visited a hospital where some of the victims were taken.<\/p>\n<p>North Macedonia\u2019s prime minister, Zoran Zaev, told Bulgarian television channel bTV that he had spoken to one of the bus survivors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327344957269.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A forensic worker photographs evidence at the site of the bus crash in Bulgaria.\" class=\"wp-image-20239432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327344957269.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327344957269.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327344957269.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/AP21327344957269.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A forensic worker photographs evidence at the site of the bus crash in Bulgaria.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne of the passengers told me that he was asleep and woke up from an explosion,\u201d Zaev told bTV, adding that the authorities will gather information that is \u201cimportant for the families of the dead and the survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted online, North Macedonia\u2019s president, Stevo Pendarovski, called it a \u201chorrific accident\u201d and said that he expects the authorities to conduct a full investigation to determine the \u201ccauses and responsibility for the tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Bulgaria, an EU nation of 7 million, had the second-highest road fatality rate in the 27-nation bloc with 89 people killed per million population, according to European Commission data.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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