Mizzima News

Chiang Mai - At least two passengers were grievously injured on Tuesday when an explosion occurred in a public bus near Rangoon's popular Hledan junction, an eyewitness said.

The explosion took place at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday and severely injured the handyman of the bus and an old man, an eyewitness, who talked to Mizzima over telephone said.

"When I arrived at the spot, the bus was on fire and most of it had been charred. The handyman of the bus was severely injured. Blood was all over his legs," the eyewitness said.

Minutes later, a fire brigade truck from the Sanchuang Township arrived on the spot and doused the fire, the Sanchaung fire department told Mizzima.

"We don't know how it happened. We rushed to the spot as soon as we were informed and put out the fire. Details of how the explosion occurred can only be explained by our senior officers," a fire fighter at the Sanchuang fire department said.

According to the eyewitness, who claimed to have spoken to one of the passengers on the bus, there were only three passengers beside the driver and the handyman. The bus was plying on the Sule-Insein route no 45, when the blast occurred.