20 passengers cheat death as bus bursts into flames

TWENTY passengers aboard a Timboon bus cheated death on Wednesday when their bus developed a suspected electrical fault and burst into flames at the 180km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway.

According to police, the driver noticed smoke billowing from the engine compartment through the gear lever, before the bus burst into a ball of fire.

All the passengers and bus crew escaped unhurt.