According to preliminary information, the incident was reported at around 4:14 pm at the depot located near the Kanakia Building in Kurla West. The fire is believed to have started while the bus was undergoing servicing inside the depot premises

Following a near-miss involving a parked electric bus rolling backwards in Bhandup, BEST has decided to extend driver training for electric buses from three weeks to four. The move comes as the undertaking also weighs introducing smaller CNG midi-buses for safer operation on narrow and hilly routes