KIDAPAWAN CITY — Three passengers were charred beyond recognition after a man set ablaze a bus traveling in Mlang town of Cotabato province on Thursday afternoon.
Bernardo Tayong, Mlang’s disaster risk reduction and management officer, said the three passengers remained unknown as of this posting.
“They were trapped,” Tayong said in a radio interview.
The bus, owned by Yellow Bus Lines (YBL), was traveling from Kidapawan City to Mlang en route to Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat province when one of the passengers allegedly poured gasoline at the rear portion of the vehicle and set it on fire.
The incident occurred at past 4 p.m.
One of the passengers, ident…
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