Fireball carnage with 38 dead as bus blows tyre and smashes into lorry in Brazil

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Almost 40 people have been killed after a packed bus collided with a lorry in Brazil and exploded into flames. The country's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said the crash was a "terrible tragedy" after awful images emerged of a gutted bus on the side of the road. Shortly after the collision the coach, which was carrying 45 passengers, erupted into flames after one of its tires blew out. The malfunction sent the motor out of control, according to horrified witnesses. The driver wrestled