Narrow escape for 21 kids as school bus catches fire in Delhi
New Delhi, Jul 21: Twenty one children had a narrow escape after their school bus caught fire in northwest Delhi's Rohini on Thursday, officials said.
According to fire officials, they received information about the incident at 2.14 pm following which three fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
Delhi Fire Services director Atul Garg said the vehicle caught fire near a dispensary at Sai Baba Mandir T-point in Rohini Sector 7.
The bus (tempo traveller) of Bal Bharati Public School carrying 21 children caught fire. All the kids and the driver escaped unhurt, he said.
Police said that there was a fire in a bus at Rohini Sector 7 which comes under North Rohini police station.
"During inquiry, it was found that the mini bus was ferrying 21 students of Bal Bharati Public School, who were evacuated safe by its driver Sanjay Solanki, a resident of Pooth village," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said.
There was no casualty in the incident, the DCP said.
The bus driver said he noticed some foul smell coming from the engine of the bus.
"Around 2.15 pm, when we reached Rohini Sector 7, I noticed that some foul smell was coming from the engine of the bus. I immediately took all the kids from the bus. After the children got down from the vehicle, it caught fire.
"One of my known persons was coming with his bus and I asked him to drop all the kids to their homes. I was alone today as the helper of the bus was unwell. All the students are safe and sound. The school authorities have asked me to meet them tomorrow morning," Solanki said.
A fire call about school bus(tempo traveller)was received@1414 Sector-7,Rohini.3 fire tenders were rushed to the https://t.co/xk9jXnFIgf was in a School bus of Bal Bharti Public School having 21 children and driver and 3cars. All children and driver are safely escaped.@NBTDilli pic.twitter.com/BVpnilURDi
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
