Kurnool bus accident: The bus caught fire when it was raining; all statutory permits were valid

Officials study that the ill-fated backstage autobus heading to Bengaluru from Hyderabad caught fire connected the roadworthy connected Friday (October 24, 2025) greeting portion it was raining. The mishap took spot successful Chinnatekur village, nether Kalluru mandal of Kurnool district.

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Officials successful the Transport Department said that reports person reached them suggesting that the bus, which was moving astatine precocious speed, collided with a two-wheeler connected the roadway. They said that the two-wheeler, which reportedly got trapped underneath the bus, could person led to aggravated friction betwixt the metallic surfaces, generating vigor and igniting a occurrence successful the little information of the vehicle.

Even though it was raining astatine the time, the sparks and consequent vigor buildup has caused the flames to dispersed rapidly, they said.

All statutory permits valid

All statutory permits, fitness, taxation and security pertaining to the autobus were fulfilled.

Speaking to The Hindu, the Transport Commissioner Manish Kumar Sinha said that the vehicle, owned by Vemuri Kaveri Travels, nether the proprietorship of Vemuri Vinod Kumar, had fulfilled each large statutory requirements for operation. “The ownership transfer, registration, licence validity, fittingness certification, taxation payments, and security sum are each existent and valid wrong the stipulated periods,” helium said.

According to the papers helium shared with The Hindu, the conveyance belonging to Vemuri Kaveri Travels was purchased connected May 2, 2018, and initially registered successful the Union Territory of Daman and Diu connected August 8, 2018. Subsequently, the conveyance was re-registered with the Rayagada Regional Transport Office (RTO), Odisha, connected 29th April 2025.

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The Transport Department of Odisha issued the tourer licence valid from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2030, authorising the conveyance to run arsenic a tourer autobus wrong the State of Odisha. The conveyance besides had an All-India Tourist Permit (AITP) issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, valid from August 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026, which allowed the conveyance to run arsenic a tourer autobus passim India during this period.

The vehicle’s fittingness certificate was issued by authorities successful Silvassa, Daman and Diu, valid till March 31, 2027, the roadworthy taxation had been paid till March 31, 2026, and security was valid till April 20, 2026.