At least 24 people were killed and nine were injured on Thursday in a head-on collision in southwestern Mexico between a bus and a fuel tanker truck which exploded, seriously burning some of the victims, authorities said. <br /> <br />Rescue workers were still clearing the site, said an official for federal police in Petacalco just inside Guerrero state where it borders neighbouring Michoacan. <br /> <br />The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said some of the victims were severely burned after the two vehicles smashed into each other near the Pacific coast. <br /> <br />The state government of Guerrero said in a statement that nine people were injured in addition to the 24 dead. <br /> <br />Police said the bus was travelling to the coast when it hit the tanker, which had left the port of Lazaro Cardenas. <br /> <br />The cause of the collision was not immediately clear, the official said.
