Narrow escape for passengers as TGSRTC electric bus catches fire

Nearly 39 passengers and the unit of a TGSRTC electrical (e-SL) autobus had a constrictive flight erstwhile the conveyance caught occurrence astatine Algunur adjacent Karimnagar connected the Rajiv Rahadari (State Highway-1) connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) morning.

Upon noticing fumes from the HV Battery Compartment, the operator instantly stopped the Hyderabad-bound autobus on the roadside and alerted the passengers.

All the occupants of the autobus managed to alight safely conscionable minutes earlier the autobus was engulfed successful flames.

The operator attempted to extinguish the occurrence utilizing 2 occurrence extinguishers connected the bus, but successful vain.

By the clip a occurrence tender reached the spot and doused the fire, the electrical autobus had been astir wholly gutted, sources said.

The origin of the occurrence was not instantly known.

The LMD Colony constabulary person registered a lawsuit and launched an investigation.