<h1>Bus collides with fuel tanker, explosion kills 42 pilgrims and two facilitators; diplomatic mission coordinates assistance and repatriation options</h1> Forty-two pilgrims from India were killed and one injured when their stopped bus collided with a fuel tanker near Madina, Saudi Arabia, causing an explosion; two local facilitators also died. Local authorities have transferred remains to hospitals and are investigating the circumstances of the collision. The diplomatic mission is coordinating with Saudi ministries and local consular posts to assist survivors and families, offering options for repatriation or local burial in accordance with local law and customs. Local and foreign officials have set up control rooms, deployed teams to hospitals and the site, and are liaising with Umrah operators and state authorities to manage identification, relief measures and next legal and administrative steps.