At least nine killed as sleeper bus catches fire on India's Yamuna Expressway

At least nine people were killed and several others injured after a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, in Uttar Pradesh state, in the early hours of Thursday. The fire broke out near the 33-kilometre milestone in an area under the jurisdiction of Jewar police station, on a bus travelling from Delhi to Bihar. According to the Press Trust of India, police confirmed nine deaths, while passengers described chaotic scenes as smoke filled the vehicle. One survivor said he was woken by another passenger who alerted him to the fire, which had started at the front of the bus, and that he managed to escape amid the smoke. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences to the victims' families and directed officials to ensure proper medical treatment for the injured and support for the bereaved.