<p>A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early on Saturday in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/brazil">Brazil</a>, killing more than 30 people, the fire department said.</p><p>After completing the removal of victims from a major highway near the town of Teofilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, the state's fire department estimated the number of fatalities between 32 and 35, including at least one child.</p><p>The exact death toll remains uncertain due to the condition of the bodies, which were burned beyond recognition.</p><p>Confirmation will likely depend on forensic work by the Civil Police, the department said in a statement.</p><p>A forensic investigation will also be required to determine the accident's cause, as differing accounts were gathered from witness testimonies, it added.</p>.Greek coastguard recovers bodies of eight migrants after collision off Rhodes.<p>Initially, firefighters reported the bus, carrying 45 passengers, had a tire blowout, causing the driver to lose control before colliding with an oncoming truck on the BR-116 federal highway, a major route connecting Brazil's densely populated southeast to the poorer northeast.</p><p>However, witnesses also reported that a granite block the truck was transporting came loose, fell on the road and caused the collision with the bus, said the fire department.</p><p>"Only the forensic investigation will confirm the true version," it added.</p><p>The bus departed from Sao Paulo and was headed to the state of Bahia.</p><p>Firefighters said they rescued 13 passengers from the wrecked bus. Three occupants of a car that also collided and was trapped under the truck survived the accident. </p>
<p>A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early on Saturday in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/brazil">Brazil</a>, killing more than 30 people, the fire department said.</p><p>After completing the removal of victims from a major highway near the town of Teofilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, the state's fire department estimated the number of fatalities between 32 and 35, including at least one child.</p><p>The exact death toll remains uncertain due to the condition of the bodies, which were burned beyond recognition.</p><p>Confirmation will likely depend on forensic work by the Civil Police, the department said in a statement.</p><p>A forensic investigation will also be required to determine the accident's cause, as differing accounts were gathered from witness testimonies, it added.</p>.Greek coastguard recovers bodies of eight migrants after collision off Rhodes.<p>Initially, firefighters reported the bus, carrying 45 passengers, had a tire blowout, causing the driver to lose control before colliding with an oncoming truck on the BR-116 federal highway, a major route connecting Brazil's densely populated southeast to the poorer northeast.</p><p>However, witnesses also reported that a granite block the truck was transporting came loose, fell on the road and caused the collision with the bus, said the fire department.</p><p>"Only the forensic investigation will confirm the true version," it added.</p><p>The bus departed from Sao Paulo and was headed to the state of Bahia.</p><p>Firefighters said they rescued 13 passengers from the wrecked bus. Three occupants of a car that also collided and was trapped under the truck survived the accident. </p>