Bhubaneswar, Jan 21: At least five persons were dead and 25 were injured when a Madhya Pradesh Road Transport Corporation bus caught fire near Kalpana square in Bhubaneswar this morning.

The bus carrying 60 passengers was coming from Puri when it suddenly caught fire.

The injured are undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital, even as the condition of four is said to be critical.

All tourists hailed from Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. (ANI)