Following a fire on a bus at Andheri East station on Wednesday evening, the BEST undertaking decided to take 400 Tata CNG buses off the roads till the operator and manufacturer come up with necessary corrective measures to ensure complete public safety. Though it will lead to public inconvenience with fewer services and changes in some bus schedules, BEST officials said it was necessary to do so for safety.

A non-AC single decker bus on route 415 operated by Mateshwari Ltd reached its destination at Andheri station and the entire crowd got off. Around 6.55pm, the bus caught fire and was completely gutted. There were no injuries, but there have been cases before too of these buses catching fire.