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According to the press service of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, a bus caught fire in Irgiz district of Aktau region of Kazakhstan on Thursday, 18 January.
There were 55 passengers and 2 drivers (citizens of Kazakhstan) in the bud during the incident.
The five managed to escape the burning bus, including 2 drivers and 3 passengers. Uzbek Foreign Ministry said that two of them are citizens of Uzbekistan - Ahror Isakov and Isroiljon Mirzaakhmedov.
According to preliminary data, there are citizens of Uzbekistan among the 52 victims of the incident.