Two citizens of Uzbekistan survive in accident in Kazakhstan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- Two citizens of Uzbekistan are among five survivors of a bus in Kazakhstan, the Uzbek Embassy in Kazakhstan said.

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.