Shivshahi bus catches fire on Pune-Mumbai expressway, no casualties

Around 8.15 am, the rear broadside of the autobus caught fire. A idiosyncratic travelling successful a backstage conveyance coming from down saw the occurrence and informed the autobus driver.

The autobus operator instantly stopped the autobus and the passengers were evacuated.

After receiving information, occurrence brigade teams of the IRB and Talegaon MIDC occurrence presumption reached the spot.

“The occurrence was brought nether power successful a fewer minutes. However, the full autobus was damaged. Even though the passengers had stepped out, immoderate of them had near their belongings wrong the autobus which were gutted,” said D P Dorugade, occurrence serviceman of Talegaon MIDC occurrence station.
The crushed down occurrence was yet to ascertained and the occurrence serviceman said that similar heating of drum brakes oregon artillery abbreviated circuit mightiness person led to the accident.

The incidental disrupted the postulation connected the expressway for immoderate time. The damaged autobus was shifted from the spot utilizing crane service.