Bus catches fire while travelling in southern India
Location Singarayakonda, Prakasam, southern India's Andhra Pradesh. Date: 2023-06-21
A bus travelling from Hyderabad southern India’s Telangana to the Union Territory of Pondicherry caught fire.
This incident happened in Singarayakonda, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh on June 21.
Visuals showed the Mojo travel bus on fire. Flames engulfed the whole vehicle and left it completely burnt with its framework being visible. Firefighters rushed to the spot after receiving information and were seen trying to douse the flames with the help of water jets but the job wasn’t easy at all. The fierce fire was eventually put out though after a lot of effort.
According to a report, the bus caught fire after it hit high-tension wires. There were 25 people travelling inside the bus at the time of this incident and fortunately, all of them are safe as a result of the driver’s quick thinking. However, their luggage was completely burnt in the fire.