At least seventeen children died after the school bus they were traveling in caught fire on Saturday morning in Pakistan.<br />According to local media, the duel-fuel van was supposed to take the children to a private school in Gujrat.<br />Dunya News TV reported that an estimated 25 people were on board, 24 children aged between 8 and 12 and a teacher. The blaze occurred when the driver switched from natural gas to petrol. A spark from a gas cylinder started the fire, which spread to the entire vehicle.<br />The driver managed to escape but the children were trapped inside the vehicle.<br />Sources with Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital said that some of the injured were critically wounded, Dunya News TV reported. <br />According to Reuters, many vehicles in Pakistan are powered by compressed natural gas, a cheaper alternative to diesel and petrol, and cylinder blasts are common. <br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS US, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS <br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />FOR FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition <br /><br />FOR FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS IN ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAtv <br /><br />FOR TOMONEWS IN JAPANESE, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsJP <br /><br />FOR APPLE DAILY ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AppleDailyEnglish
