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ISLAMABAD: At least 20 people were burnt to death and 15 others injured on Sunday after a passenger bus hit a vehicle and caught fire in Hafizabad district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue and health officials reported.

The rescue service said that the accident took place early morning on the freeway at Faisalabad Toll Plaza when the bus collided with a pickup van carrying fuel drums in it, resulting in the eruption of fire, reported Xinhua.

Upon receiving the information, the rescue workers immediately reached the site and shifted the victims to a local hospital, said the rescue service.

 Some of the injured had suffered burns while three of them were in critical condition, it added.

Around 40 passengers were travelling on the bus, according to the rescue service.

Reportedly, the ill-fated bus was going from the country's southern port city of Karachi to the federal capital Islamabad.