Pune, Oct 26 An electric ‘Shivai’ bus coming from Solapur caught fire in front of the MSRTC divisional office at Seven Loves Chowk in Pune on Monday, though all 20 passengers managed to get off the vehicle safely in time, an official said.
No one was injured in the incident, fire officer Prashant Gaikar told PTI.
“The alert about the fire was received at 11:14 am, and a fire engine along with a water tanker reached the spot at 11:20 am. The fire was brought under control within six minutes. We managed to save 10 batteries from the bus,” he said.
The driver of the bus, which was headed to Swargate here, has said that the blaze was triggered by a suspected short circuit near the dashboard in the driver’s cabin, Gaikar added.
(PTI News)
