Three persons were burnt to death in a fire triggered by a collision between a bus and a truck at Khuniya Bridge, border of Koshi Rural Municipality and Bhokrahanarsingh Rural Municipality, in Sunsari on Friday.

The incident occurred when bus (Na 8 Kha 8593) heading towards Kathmandu from Kakadbhitta, Jhapa crashed with the truck (Na 5 Kha 2996) coming from the opposite direction at around 7:30 pm yesterday.

Both the vehicles caught fire after the incident killing all of them on the spot and injuring 28 others, police said.

Of the injured, three are said to be critical condition. Police said that the injured are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.

Police said the bus driver, truck driver and a passenger lost their lives in the incident. The identities of the deceased have not been ascertained yet.

The bodies have been sent to the Dharan-bases BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences for postmortem.

Following the incident, police with the help of locals rescued to injured.

Both the vehicles have been completely destroyed the in the incident.

Police said that the fire was taken under control with the help of a fire engine, police personnel and locals.

Police said that the incident might have occurred due to the high speed of the bus.