A Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus caught fire in the coastal district of Alappuzha on Friday morning, but the passengers onboard escaped unhurt, reported news agency PTI.
The incident occurred when the bus was between Kayamkulam and Alappuzha, police said.
The passengers escaped unscathed as the driver noticed a burning smell and asked everyone to get off the bus quickly, police said. Fire tenders soon rushed to the spot.
“The fire has been extinguished by the fire force. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained,” an officer of Kayamkulam police station.
Visuals of the burning bus on TV channels showed thick smoke billowing out from the vehicle which was stopped on the busy national highway 66. The bus was almost fully gutted in the fire.
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