Eleven people, including two children, burned to death in a passenger van crash in central Thailand over the Lunar New Year holiday, police said Monday. | AFP
The survivor, Thanachit Kingkaew, a 20-year-old student, said he was asleep when he was jolted awake after hearing someone scream.“After the crash, the fire started engulfing the whole van starting from the back.”“Soon after that, the van exploded.”
Nikhom Seaun, a volunteer with a local rescue team, said the van exploded just seconds after it was engulfed in flames.“I couldn’t do anything with the fire extinguisher I had. The van then exploded three to four times.” Yingyos, the police colonel, said the van used both fuel and compressed gas but initial reports found the gas tank had not leaked.
“We think that the fire was caused by the fuel,” he said, adding they were still investigating what caused the vehicle to veer off the road.
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