<p>Twenty-one persons were charred to death and 13 others sustained burn injuries when the private bus they were travelling in fell into a nullah and caught fire in the district today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The accident took place near Pandav fall, close to Panna Tiger Reserve, nearly 14 km from the district headquarters.<br /><br />"We have pulled out 21 charred bodies from the bus which was on its way to Satna district from Chhatarpur district," Superintendent of Police I P Arjaria told PTI over phone from the accident spot.<br /><br />The injured persons were rushed to a hospital.<br /><br />Arjaria said the diesel tank of the bus exploded after it skidded off a bridge and fell 15 feet down into a nullah. The resultant fire gutted the vehicle completely.<br /><br />Rescue operation had almost come to an end, the SP added.<br /><br />Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced financial help of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 to the seriously injured and the injured victims, respectively. He also ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.</p>
<p>Twenty-one persons were charred to death and 13 others sustained burn injuries when the private bus they were travelling in fell into a nullah and caught fire in the district today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The accident took place near Pandav fall, close to Panna Tiger Reserve, nearly 14 km from the district headquarters.<br /><br />"We have pulled out 21 charred bodies from the bus which was on its way to Satna district from Chhatarpur district," Superintendent of Police I P Arjaria told PTI over phone from the accident spot.<br /><br />The injured persons were rushed to a hospital.<br /><br />Arjaria said the diesel tank of the bus exploded after it skidded off a bridge and fell 15 feet down into a nullah. The resultant fire gutted the vehicle completely.<br /><br />Rescue operation had almost come to an end, the SP added.<br /><br />Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced financial help of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 to the seriously injured and the injured victims, respectively. He also ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.</p>