Happy escape for passengers when the bus catches fire

At least 15 passengers had a miraculous escape on Saturday when an APSRTC air-conditioned bus they were traveling on caught fire just minutes after leaving the Kakinada bus station in East Godavari district.

P. Bhaskara Rao, Kakinada’s RTC depot manager, said the bus engine had caught fire due to a short circuit. The entire engine block was gutted by the mishap.

All passengers traveling on the Kakinada-Vijayawada bus and the driver are safe as they got off the vehicle immediately after the engine burned, Rao said. Disaster relief and fire service personnel took action and put out the fire.

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