Narrow escape for passengers as TGSRTC electric bus catches fire, cash reward announced for bus driver for averting a major tragedy

Passengers and unit fly unscathed arsenic operator acts rapidly to halt the autobus and summon help

KARIMNAGAR

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.

Upon noticing fumes from the HV artillery compartment, the driver, B. Prashanth, 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. The driver’s swift enactment helped avert a large tragedy.

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.

Meanwhile, the TGSRTC officials, including enforcement directors R. Venkanna and P. Solomon, and Regional Manager, Karimnagar, B. Raju, inspected the mishap site.

They announced a currency reward of ₹5,000 for the autobus operator successful appreciation of his swift enactment successful safely evacuating the passengers from the bus.