Sharjah24 - AFP: Thirty-three people died in a horrific collision between a fuel truck and a crowded bus in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend, police said Monday.
The victims were engulfed by a "huge fire sparked by the collision" overnight Saturday in the west of the country, local police captain Antoine Pululu said.
Another police source said the bodies were destroyed by the flames, adding that the remains that were recovered were buried "respectfully" in he village of Kibuba on Monday.
The inferno occurred near Kibuba along national route one between Kinshasa and Kikwit around 180 kilometres (110 miles) from the capital Kinshasa.
Deadly road accidents are frequent in DR Congo where the roads are full of old vehicles which often do not comply with safety norms.
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