The bus is said to have caught fire after it developed some engine trouble.
Hiriyur SP Radhika visited the site of the accident.
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A bus traveling from Vijayapura to Bengaluru caught fire during the early hours of Wednesday on the highway in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
The private bus was said to be carrying 32 passengers when it caught fire on National Highway 4 at KR Halli in Hiriyur taluk of the district.
Five people have died in the fire, including two children and a woman.
The bus is said to have caught fire after it developed some engine trouble.
Hiriyur SP Radhika visited the site of the accident.
The injured have been shifted to a district government hospital.
Hiriyur Police have registered an FIR and further investigations are on.
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