School bus caught fire, children narrowly escaped

Palghar: A bus caught fire in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Wednesday but five school children on board escaped unhurt. Fire personnel gave this information. Firefighter Tejas Patil of Bolinj fire station told PTI that the incident took place around 7.45 am near a college in Virar area.

He told that there were five students in the bus. The bus was on its way to school when it suddenly caught fire. According to the fire brigade, the driver and conductor of the bus quickly helped the children get off the vehicle.

On being informed, a team of four fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and doused the fire in half an hour, the official said. He said that the bus was completely damaged in the incident. According to the official, short-circuit is suspected to have caused the fire.