Fire in Bengaluru – Hyderabad bus on National Highway – 44, passenger safe

Passengers of a Bengaluru-Hyderabad private bus had a providential escape after it caught fire near Jadcherla on NH-44

Mahabubnagar: Passengers of a Hyderabad bound bus had a miraculous escape, when fire broke out in the bus near Malleboinapally village near Jadcherla on National Highway 44 in the early hours of Monday.

Fire broke out in the bus reportedly after one of the rear tyres of the bus burst. The vehicle was totally gutted in the fire along with the luggage of the passengers.
The bus passenger on their way from Bengaluru had a lucky escape as the driver stopped the bus and asked the passengers to disembark as fire broke out. The bus belonging to Salim Travels was about 100 kilometers away from Hyderabad, its destination.

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