Bodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire returned home for funeral

Associated Press

LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok have been returned to central Thailand, where they began their ill-fated school field trip. Friends, relatives and Buddhist monks waited past midnight for the last of several convoys carrying remains, as well as relatives who had to go to Bangkok to help with DNA identification of the severely burned victims. Thai police are investigating whether Tuesday’s fire on the bus, which was carrying six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students, was caused by negligence, and filed initial charges against the driver.