Previous data showed that at least 20 people have died, but the number has been written down since the remains were taken from the bus.
the Fire occurred shortly after half past eight in the evening local time. Several of the victims must have been sitting in the upstairs of the tvåvåningsbussen.
– All the got stuck in the stairs that led down to the first floor when they tried to take him down from the upper floor, ” says the local fire chief Mario Casaretto.
the bus terminal is one of the largest in Lima, which has around ten million inhabitants, and recurring problems with public transport. It was closed last year ago, it emerged that there has been illegal sale of fuel there, but the traffic has continued.
– I’m completely pissed, ” says Lima mayor Jorge Muñoz about this, in connection with that he was visiting the injured at the hospital.
