At least 42 bus passengers died in the night from Thursday to Friday in southern Zimbabwe, local police said after a passenger-owned gas cylinder exploded for an unknown reason.
National television, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, ZBC, has released photos showing the vehicle’s carcass on a road that connects the South African border with Bulawayo, the country’s second largest city.
Last week, 47 people died in a collision between two buses on a road between the capital Harare and the city of Rusape in the east.