By Ihvan Radoykov
SOFIA (AA) - At least 46 people were burned to death early Tuesday in a bus accident in Bulgaria.
The bus with North Macedonian plates caught fire after crashing into a roadside barrier on a highway in western Sofia, according to a private NOVA television.
Initial reports indicated 12 children were among those killed, while seven people injured in the accident were taken to a hospital in the capital.
It was reported that the bus departed Istanbul on Monday and entered Bulgaria late that night.
* Writing by Beyza Binnur Donmez