The passenger bus that caused the explosion that killed 8 people was carrying a large amount of fireworks.

Driver Tu admitted that the 35-seat passenger bus from Laos to Vietnam was carrying a large amount of round fireworks, the size of a ping pong ball.

Accident scene. Photo: Nam Xuan.

On the afternoon of June 3, Lieutenant Colonel Ha Ngoc Viet, Chief of the Border Guard Station at Cha Lo International Border Gate (Quang Binh), said that driver Nguyen Duc Tu (26 years old, residing in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An) was being detained by Laos to serve the investigation of the Khanh Don passenger bus explosion in Khammouane province (Laos), 10 km from Cha Lo International Border Gate.

Immediately after the explosion, driver Tu appeared before Lao authorities and admitted that the vehicle was carrying round firecrackers the size of ping pong balls. The amount of firecrackers was very large, but there is no specific number yet.

The case has now been transferred to the Lao Police Department for investigation. Vietnamese authorities have repeatedly wanted to meet with the driver, but due to the strict investigation process, led by the Lao side, they have not been able to approach him.

Currently, all the injured and dead have been transferred to Vietnam for treatment and burial according to custom.

At 4:00 a.m. on June 2, a 35-seat passenger bus of Khanh Don bus company running from Tha Khet (Laos) to Nghi Loc district (Nghe An) suddenly exploded about 10 km from Cha Lo international border gate.

There were 13 people on the bus (11 passengers, the driver and the bus conductor). The explosion killed 7 people from Nghe An and one from Nam Dinh on the spot; 3 others were injured. The driver and bus conductor escaped unharmed.

According to VNE