00:00All 23 bodies of the victims of a bus fire in Thailand finally arrived in their hometown
00:07in the central Uthaitani province on Wednesday, as family members and relatives mourned their
00:12deaths.
00:16Twenty young children and three of their teachers died when a school bus carrying more than
00:20forty students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital
00:24Bangkok on Tuesday.
00:26The bus was carrying students and teachers from Wat Khao Phraya Primary School before
00:30the blaze started.
00:51Thai Prime Minister Phetthongtan Shinavatra had pledged that the government will take
00:55care of the medical expenses and provide compensation to the families of the deceased.
01:00Monks and staff at the school in rural Uthaitani, around 200 kilometers north of Bangkok, began
01:05preparations for five days of funeral prayers for the victims, who are expected to be cremated
01:11on October 8.
01:29White and gold coffins were lined up inside a temple as preparations are underway in multiple
01:33temples across Lansak district to hold their funerals in the coming days.
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