Image copyright AFP Image caption The Kazakh authorities said five people had escaped the blaze including the two drivers

A bus has caught fire in north-western Kazakhstan, killing 52 people, the interior ministry has said. It was unclear in which direction the bus, a Hungarian-made Ikarus, had been travelling, but the route is widely used to transport Uzbek workers to and from Russia where they often take work on building sites. Only five people managed to escape the burning vehicle, the interior ministry’s emergencies department said in a statement.
A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers catches fire in Kazakhstan's Aktobe Region, killing 52 people. Five people escape and are treated by rescue workers.