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A rescue worker inspects the site of the bus accident on October 1.
Firefighters inspect the bus after the fire was extinguished.
Rescue forces surround the bus that went up in flames with students and teachers inside.
Firefighters hose down the bus in the aftermath of the tragic incident.
Firefighters next to the bus that went up in flames during the school trip.
Firefighters by the extinguished burning bus that was carrying teachers and students.
A firefighter uses a tool during the aftermath of the school bus fire tragedy.
Firefighters transfer bodies from the bus in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Several firefighters gather around the bus that killed and injured many on October 1.
A green cover is set up as firefighters remove bodies from the bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school.
First responders look for victims inside the bus. About 25 people are feared dead.
A bus carrying 44 teachers and students caught fire on the outskirts of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, this October 1. The Wat Khao Phraya school students and teachers were on a field trip when the bus went up in flames. Three teachers and 16 students have been hospitalized, and a total of 23 people were confirmed dead. The cause of the incident hasn't been determined yet, but is currently being investigated.
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Firefighters inspect the bus after it was engulfed in flames, killing and injuring several people.
A family member of a victim of the incident on the outskirts of Bangkok.
Rescue workers carry victims of the Wat Khao Phraya school bus fire.
First responders work at the site of the bus fire disaster.
First responders and the press can be seen at the site of the bus fire.
Rescue workers and firefighters stand next to the burnt-out bus that was carrying students and teachers.
Firefighters and rescue workers are present after a fire tore through the school bus.
Rescue workers and firefighters inspect the burnt-out bus that carried students and teachers.
Source: (Reuters)
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Forensic police officers take photographs of the bus in the aftermath of the fire.
Forensic police and firefighters inspect the burnt-out bus on the outskirts of Bangkok.
Police, firefighters, and rescue workers stand next to the burnt-out bus on the outskirts of Bangkok.
Forensic police officers inspect the burnt-out bus after the fire is extinguished.
A firefighter looks at the burnt-out bus that took the lives of several teachers and students.
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks to the media at the site of the incident.
A rear view of the burnt-out bus that was carrying students and teachers on October 1.
Police work to identify victims of the school bus fire that killed 23 in Thailand
School bus catches fire in Thailand, killing students and teachers
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A bus carrying 44 teachers and students caught fire on the outskirts of Thailand's capital, Bangkok, this October 1. The Wat Khao Phraya school students and teachers were on a field trip when the bus went up in flames. Three teachers and 16 students have been hospitalized, and a total of 23 people were confirmed dead. The cause of the incident hasn't been determined yet, but is currently being investigated.
Click through to see the images of the tragic incident.