Overview

• An AC sleeper coach carrying 57 passengers caught fire around 3:30 pm near Thaiyat village after smoke was seen from the rear of the vehicle.
• Authorities reported 10 to 12 fatalities, with several bodies charred beyond recognition and retained at the Army Station for DNA identification.
• Sixteen critically injured passengers were referred from Jaisalmer’s Jawahar Hospital to Jodhpur, with a green corridor created for rapid transfer.
• Police cited a preliminary suspicion of an electrical short circuit linked to the rear section or AC unit as Forensic Science Laboratory teams from Jodhpur and Jaipur examine the site.
• Local villagers, passers-by, fire brigade, police, and Army personnel carried out rescues, and Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma traveled to Jaisalmer to direct relief efforts.