KSRTC bus bursts into flames in Kerala; passengers escape unhurt
Alappuzha: A Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus went up in flames in this coastal district on Friday morning.
The incident occurred when the bus was between Kayamkulam and Alappuzha, police said.
The passengers escaped unhurt as the driver noticed a burning smell and asked everyone to get off the bus quickly, they said.
“The fire has been extinguished by the fire force. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained,” an officer of Kayamkulam police station.
Visuals of the burning bus on TV channels showed thick smoke billowing out from the vehicle which was stopped on the busy national highway 66.
The bus was almost fully gutted in the fire.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
