YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. The emergency situations committee of the Kazakh interior ministry still is not making comments on the reasons of the bus fire in Samara- Shymkent highway of Aktobe region that killed 52 Uzbek citizens, Interfax reports.

According to preliminary reports, the bus was carrying Uzbek citizens to Russia.

52 people were killed after a bus has caught fire in Samara- Shymkent highway of Kazakhstan’s Aktobe region.

Five people managed to escape the burning bus.

The rescue team dispatched to the scene.

Emergency officials have opened a telephone hotline for worried relatives.