New Delhi: Nine passengers died after a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida early Thursday, police said.
The incident took place near the 33-km milestone under the Jewar Police Station area, they said.
The bus was headed to Bihar from Delhi and it caught fire in the intervening night.
The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police PRO confirmed that nine people had perished in the blaze. More details are awaited.
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