A low-floor DTC bus was gutted on a busy road in Delhi Cantonment area on Friday afternoon. All 30 passengers managed to exit the vehicle safely.
The reason behind the fire is still unknown.
The bus, which operated on route 740 between Anand Vihar and Uttam Nagar, was passing through Shastri Bazaar in Delhi Cantonment when an alarm alerted the driver of a fire in the bus’ engine, located at the rear end of the vehicle.
The driver immediately stopped the bus and asked passengers to get off.
The bus was up in flames by the time fire fighters reached the spot.
