Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
A
n electric bus of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) heading towards goraguntepalya caught fire after breaking down during rain near Hebbal BWSSB office on Monday night.
As passengers got down few minutes before fumes started coming out of the vehicle.The bus was on way to Tin Factory to Goraguntepalya .
Due to heavy rains caused flooding the bus came to a halt.The driver attempted to start the bus multiple times,but it did not move.
All passengers were asked to deboard the bus and were shifted to another bus.
A few minutes later fumes started coming out of the bus.The driver Dasharath and conductor Narasimha Raju stepped out of the bus and a fire started.
Fire safety officials were called and they managed to douse the fire.
