"Great tragedy": The world media described the tragic event
The world's largest media this morning reported the sad news of the burning Macedonian bus in Bulgaria. The accident killed 46 people, including 12 children.
British BBC conveyed the statements of the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Minister of Interior Bujar Osmani, as well as the statement of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Stefan Janev.
"We hope to learn lessons from this tragic incident and be able to prevent such incidents in the future," Janev told reporters at the scene.
The American media house CNN announced that the competent Bulgarian teams will conduct additional investigations into the potential causes of the accident.
They confirmed that there were 52 passengers on the bus.
The German DPA shared the information about the dead in the bus on his Twitter account.
Bei ave swweren Busunglück in Bulgaria sind in der Nacht Dutzende Menschen ums Leben gekommen https://t.co/ef1Kqgxhu5 via @morgenpost (him) pic.twitter.com/O5rEVEXHQ4
- dpa (@dpa) November 23, 2021
The French media house AFP also posted information about the event on Twitter.
#UPDATE At least 45 people, including a dozen minors, were killed after a bus caught fire south of the Bulgarian capital early Tuesday morning, officials said. https://t.co/ZRJgFSxBef pic.twitter.com/QTIWJz3rEW
- AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 23, 2021
Reuters described the case as a major tragedy in which several children lost their lives.
British Guardian conveyed statements from the Bulgarian media.
"The pictures are scary, very scary. "I have never seen anything like this before," Boyko Borisov told Bulgarian media.
Russian TASS only confirmed the incident, saying the tourist bus caught fire around 3am.
AP conveys information and statements from the Bulgarian media, quoting Borisov and Janev.
British Sky writes that this is a "huge tragedy" and sent condolences to the families of the victims.
German Bild announced the location of the event, citing the Bulgarian News Agency.
Bloomberg and posted the sad news on his Twitter account, citing the AP.
A bus crash in western Bulgaria kills at least 45 people, AP reports https://t.co/nbNKXVVEGT
- Bloomberg (@business) November 23, 2021
Austrian Krone Zeitung confirmed the news of the deaths of 46 people in the major accident.
