According to the BGNES agency, the incident happened today at about 3:00 am local time (at about 4:00 Moscow time) on the 31st km of the Sofia-Blagoevgrad highway. There were 52 people in the Macedonian bus. The transport crossed the border on the evening of November 22.
It is noted that the bus driver was also killed. Seven passengers managed to survive. All of them were hospitalized in serious condition.
All those killed were citizens of North Macedonia. According to preliminary information, the bus was returning from Turkey.
The head of the local security said that the fire happened due to an accident.