Thailand: Over 20 Children Die in School Bus Blaze

The Facts

• At least 23 people died Tuesday on the outskirts of Bangkok when a natural gas-run bus went up in flames while carrying over 40 students and teachers on a field trip.

• The accident reportedly took place at 12.38pm local time, killing the students of the Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam School of Thailand's Uthai Thani province.

• Local media reported that a tire-burst caused the double-decker coach, one of three on the trip, to scrape a metal barrier and setting off sparks that set it ablaze.