At least 46 killed in Bulgaria bus fire
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At least 46 people, including 12 children, have died when a passenger bus crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria, local officials say.
At least seven people were injured in the accident, which took place on a motorway around 02:00 local time (00:00 GMT) near the village of Bosnek, south-west of the capital Sofia, local officials said.
The bus had a North Macedonian registration and the victims were returning to the capital Skopje from a weekend holiday trip to the Turkish city of Istanbul.
The cause of the crash is unknown, but an investigation has been launched into the incident. (ILKHA)
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