Updated On: 01 October, 2024 03:07 PM IST | Bangkok | mid-day online correspondent
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said that the students had come to Bangkok from the province of Uthai Thani and expressed her condolences.

A forensic police officer takes photographs as he inspects a burnt-out bus that was carrying students and teachers on the outskirts of Bangkok/ AFP
Around 25 persons are feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday as a school bus carrying students and teachers caught fire on the outskirts of Bangkok. According to the media reports, 16 persons, who were aboard the bus, were injured and subsequently hospitalised. The reports stated that the students were going on a field trip when the incident happened.
According to the media reports, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the media that they fear 25 persons have been killed while Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said that 16 students and three teachers were sent to a hospital for treatment.