Bus to Goa catches fire at Kukatpally

Hyderabad: A private travels bus bound for Goa caught fire at Kukatpally on Saturday night. All the passengers and crew were promptly evacuated from the vehicle.

Police said that some motorists first noticed flames coming from the engine and alerted the driver when the bus was near the JNTU Metro Rail station. The driver immediately halted the vehicle and got the passengers evacuated.

The fire control room received a distress call at 9.29 pm, and officials rushed a fire tender from the Kukatpally station.

Assistant district fire officer Saidulu said that the sleeper bus of Kaveri Travels (PY04 A 2470), had started from Uppal. “The seats and the upper part of the bus were damaged. It took us about half an hour to douse the flames,” he said, adding that the cause of the fire was yet to be determined.