At least 42 passengers were killed after a suspected gas cylinder exploded in a bus they were traveling in and burnt-out inflames
It is suspected a gas cylinder belonging to one of the passengers caused the inferno in the bus.
Confirming the incident which happened at the South Harare Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe police spokeswoman Charity Charamba,more than 42 people died after the accident adding that a cooking gas cylinder belonging to a passenger was believed to have exploded igniting a fire.
“Dozens have been confirmed dead and several others injured through burns.”said Charamba.
Here is the video of the bus
The vehicle was on a highway between the South African border and the second city Bulawayo.
According to Zimbabwe broadcasting corporation,injured survivors are being treated at Gwanda town hospital alleged that a gas smell engulfed the bus after dark before the conductor switched on the lights and the bus caught fire.
It said about 30 people were injured, adding the vehicle was traveling from Zvishavane to the Beitbridge crossing via the town of Filabusi when the explosion happened.
Last week, 50 people were killed when two buses collided on a road between the capital Harare and the eastern town of Rusape.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said road safety had to be improved after that crash.
Traffic accidents are common in Zimbabwe, where roads are riddled with potholes due to years of underfunding and neglect and driving standards can be poor.
In June last year, 43 people were killed in a bus crash in the north, along the highway leading to neighbouring Zambia.