India, Oct. 24 -- 20 passengers were charred to death on Friday morning after a private travel bus, which they were travelling in, was completely gutted in a massive fire near Chinnatekur village in Kallur mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district. As per the police, another 12 passengers managed to escape with minor injuries amid the incident.

The incident occurred at around 3:30 am, when the bus, belonging to Kaveri Travels, travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru with approximately 44 passengers, rammed into a motorcycle on National Highway 44, close to the outskirts of Kurnool city.

According to Kurnool District Collector Dr A Siri, out of the 41 passengers, 21 have been rescued safely. Among the remaining 20, the bodies of 11 have...