JAKARTA, Aug. 23 Kyodo Twelve fo...

JAKARTA, Aug. 23 Kyodo

Twelve folks were burned to death and 16 others seriously injured Friday when a passenger bus carrying fireworks explod in Indonesia's West Java town Indramayu, novels reports said.

Eko Hadi, the police chief in Indramayu, 180 kilometers east of Jakarta, said the explosion was apparently caused by way of a large quantity of fireworks belonging to undivided of the 34 passengers, state-run moderns agency Antara said.

He speculated heat might have put the fireworks off because they were being in the rear of the bus near the engine.

''For the time being, it is assumed the explosion is from of the fireworks, moreover we are still investigating the case and looking for other possibilities as well,'' he said.

According to Eko the bus driver and sum of two units crewmember have been detained after they fl the accident view apparently because they were worried about being attacked by means of bystanders.

The bus was onward its way from the West Java town Cirebon to Merak, also in the western part of Java.

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