20220102 Close shave for 35 as their bus catches fire
India Jan 02 2022 “Automobile & Railway”
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Close shave for 35 as their bus catches fire
Updated: 2022-01-02
Indore: Around 35 passengers had a close shave on Friday night as their bus travelling from Indore to Guna, caught fire near Rajendra Nagar police station area at 10 pm.
The passengers began to panic and rush towards the exit gate, police said.
Some of the passengers were either asleep or sitting at the time of incident. Because of the rush a crowd gathered at the exit door causing minor injuries to several of them, police said
The driver used presence of mind and parked the bus on the side of the road.
He along with some of the police staffers and ACP Soumya Jain, who rushed to the spot after getting information, rescued all the passengers, police said.
The police officials also helped in dousing fire averting major incidents, police said.
The passengers were then shifted to another bus and sent to their respetive destinations.
Web Source: The Times of India