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| Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children | Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children |
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| At least 16 children and their teacher have been killed when their school bus caught fire in eastern Pakistan, police say. | At least 16 children and their teacher have been killed when their school bus caught fire in eastern Pakistan, police say. |
| At least seven more children were taken to hospital after the incident on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat. | At least seven more children were taken to hospital after the incident on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat. |
| Police told the BBC a compressed gas cylinder had exploded on the bus after fire broke out. | Police told the BBC a compressed gas cylinder had exploded on the bus after fire broke out. |
| The bus driver is reported to have survived. | The bus driver is reported to have survived. |
| The children, aged between four and 10, were just a few kilometres from their school in Gujrat, about 200km (120 miles) south-east of the capital Islamabad, when the incident happened. | |
| Police officer Dar Ali Khattak told the AFP news agency the fire was apparently caused by a spark when the driver of the dual-fuel bus switched from gas to petrol. | Police officer Dar Ali Khattak told the AFP news agency the fire was apparently caused by a spark when the driver of the dual-fuel bus switched from gas to petrol. |
| 'We are burning' | 'We are burning' |
| Two children who survived by escaping from a window in the back of the bus told reporters they had smelt gas before the fire broke out. | Two children who survived by escaping from a window in the back of the bus told reporters they had smelt gas before the fire broke out. |
| One boy said the other children were shouting: "Brother, save us, save us. We are burning." | One boy said the other children were shouting: "Brother, save us, save us. We are burning." |
| "I took a huge stick and broke the glass. I tried to save them but I couldn't," he said. | "I took a huge stick and broke the glass. I tried to save them but I couldn't," he said. |
| Compressed natural gas is used in millions of vehicles in Pakistan as a cheaper alternative to diesel and petrol. | Compressed natural gas is used in millions of vehicles in Pakistan as a cheaper alternative to diesel and petrol. |
| Numerous previous vehicle explosions have been blamed on substandard cylinders used to contain the fuel. | Numerous previous vehicle explosions have been blamed on substandard cylinders used to contain the fuel. |