Twenty-three bodies have reportedly been found after a bus carrying students and teachers on a school field trip caught fire outside of Bangkok, Thailand.

Rescuers worked to recover children's bodies from the charred wreckage of a Thai school bus Tuesday after an accident turned the vehicle into an inferno, with more than 20 feared

A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said. The bus with 45 passengers -- six teachers and 39 elementary and junior high school students -- was traveling from the central Uthai Thani province when it caught fire in Pathum Thani province,

A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said.

A tragic accident in Thailand. Twenty-two children and three teachers have died after a school trip bus burst into flames. The tragedy occurred on October 1 at 10:00 GMT, when the vehicle struck barriers following a tyre blowout.