A terrible tragedy occurred on January 18 at 1068 km of the route Samara - Shymkent - in the Aktobe region the bus Kassbohrer Setra caught fire with people. The cause of the ignition is unknown, but there were 57 people in the cabin: two drivers and 55 passengers. Only five could survive, and two of those who survived on their hands have burns.

According to preliminary data, the bus followed from Shymkent to Kazan, and most of those traveling were citizens of Uzbekistan who were traveling for work. There is clarification on the documents of citizenship of the deceased. On the spot worked doctors, rescuers, police officers, psychologists. Pre-called and the cause of the fire - in the cabin was transported a large amount of fuel, so that along the way to do without the services of a filling station. Therefore, the machine flashed instantly. The drivers stopped the bus and jumped out of it. The situation was aggravated by the jamming of doors. The bus was converted, so the windows, both ways of evacuation, also failed to use. And ignition is supposed to have started with a short circuit.

Although the witnesses say that the fire was preceded by a fight. Passengers heated a blowtorch. During the fight, she was kicked in the direction of canisters of fuel. Head of the public system "Ensuring road safety" Konstantin Krokhmal believes that the driver did nothing to save passengers. A large number of victims, in his opinion, can only be explained by the drunken state of those who were traveling.

Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan is preparing to send a plane for the bodies of the dead.