3 dead, 15 injured after bus hits container, catches fire in Nashik

Mumbai: Three persons were killed and 15 injured after a bus hit a container and caught fire in Maharashtra’s Nashik city early Saturday, police said.

The accident took place on Aurangabad Road around 5 am, when the private bus hit the container and caught fire in a few minutes, an official said.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, the official said.

It was not immediately clear if all those killed and injured were bus passengers.