Eight people were killed when a passenger bus crashed and caught fire in western Türkiye as millions of travelers began returning home at the end of the nine-day Eid al-Adha holiday, causing severe congestion on highways, airports and major transport hubs across the country.

Local media reports that a bus crashed a caught fire in western Turkey, leaving eight people including a 9-month-old baby dead.

The accident occurred on the Denizli-Aydin highway near the Saraykoy settlement where the bus crashed into a road barrier and burst into flames