A Municipal Corporation bus on Tuesday caught fire on MG Road in Bengaluru, 30 people were travelling in the bus, however, everyone was taken off the bus safely.
According to Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation officials, the bus was kept to Koramangala depot and when the bus was passing near Anil Kumble Circle on MG Road, the engine of the bus suddenly caught fire, the driver immediately stopped the bus and the passengers on board the bus. 30 passengers were evacuated safely.
The fire department team reached the spot and immediately brought the fire in the bus under control. Videos taken by passersby showed the bus on fire and plumes of smoke rising from it as firefighters tried to put it off.
BMTC sources said the engine caught fire when the driver turned on its ignition on MG road. Prima facie, it seems the engine was overheated, they added.