According to the statement made by the Iraqi Civil Defense Directorate, 13 people died as a result of two fuel tanks crashing on the passenger bus on the Al-Muthanna and Nasiriyah road in the south of Iraq.
In the statement, all 11 passengers on the bus and two fuel tank drivers were also killed.
Firefighters are dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fire that followed the accident, while the cause of the accident remains uncertain. IHA