Oil tanker collides with passenger bus in Iran: 27 dead

At least 27 people have been killed in the Iranian city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, after an oil tanker collided with a passenger bus.

Video of the aftermath of the incident shows the bus and tanker engulfed in flames.

According to reports, an oil tanker exporting south-Kurdistani oil to East-Kurdistan was involved in the crash. At least three other vehicles were also engulfed in flames.

A number of people are also reported to have been severely injured during the collision, Express reported.