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Thane: Bus catches fire; 65 passengers unhurt

Updated on: 03 January,2023 09:31 AM IST  |  Thane
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The incident took place at around 8 am in the morning near Utaleshwar, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said

Thane: Bus catches fire; 65 passengers unhurt

A MSRTC bus caught fire


On Tuesday morning, 65 passengers travelling in a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire in Thane.


The incident took place at around 8 am in the morning near Utaleshwar, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said. A short-circuit is suspected to have caused the fire in the bus, which belonged to the Bhiwandi depot.



A short-circuit is suspected to have caused the fire

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The state bus was on its way to neighbouring Bhiwandi town from Thane, he said.

"After noticing the fire, the driver immediately stopped the bus and raised an alarm following which the passengers got down. The bus was partly burnt," he said.

"Local firemen and a team of the RDMC rushed to the spot after being alerted and doused the blaze in half-an-hour," he said.

The incident took place at around 8 am in the morning near Utaleshwar

(with inputs from PTI)

 

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