Truck explosion kills 100 in Iran

A GASOLINE truck exploded after smashing into a bus in southeast Iran late on Thursday, killing 90 people and injuring more than 100 yesterday.

"The disaster is so grave we cannot identify faces and cannot differentiate between corpses," said Haidar Ali Nourai, governor of the southeastern city of Zahedan.

He said the accident happened when the truck lost control and plowed into a bus waiting at Nosratabad police checkpoint. The fireball then enveloped five other buses.