About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalised, the government said.

The school bus was carrying 44 students and teachers when it caught fire in Pathum Thani province, on the outskirts of Bangkok.

At least 25 feared dead as school bus carrying forty four people including young students and their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok if Thailand

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra offered condolences to the victims' families

While the fire has been put out, rescue workers have had to wait for the bus to cool down before searching it for bodies.

The bus was carrying 44 passengers from central Uthai Thani province for a school trip in Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces, reporters were told.

A bus carrying 44 passengers from Thailand's central Uthai Thani province to Ayutthaya for a school trip caught fire near Bangkok with 25 of those on board feared dead.

Bangkok: Around 25 were feared dead as a bus, carrying 44 primary school students and teachers, crashed and caught fire on the outskirts of Bangkok at Thani province in Thailand. According to reports, the accident took place when a tyre burst on a highway while they were returning from a school field trip in the […]

The school bus was carrying 44 students and teachers when it caught fire after crashing on a highway in northern Bangkok. Up to 25 people are feared dead.

Government authorities say a bus carrying young students and teachers caught fire outside Bangkok and 25 of those on board are feared dead.

School bus fire in Thailand injures 16, investigation ongoing, with no confirmation of fatalities from authorities.

A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers.

A bus carrying 44 passengers from Thailand's central Uthai Thani province to Ayutthaya for a school trip caught fire near Bangkok with 25 of those on board feared dead.

The bus was returning from a field trip when it crashed and caught fire just outside Bangkok.