Private travel bus gutted in engine fire on NH-44 near Medak; driver, cleaner escape safely

A private travel bus was destroyed in a fire caused by a technical glitch near Masaipet on NH-44 in Medak. The driver and cleaner escaped unhurt as the vehicle was engulfed in flames before fire services arrived.

Medak: A private travel bus was gutted as a technical glitch sparked the fire in the bus engine on NH-44 at Masaipet on Monday morning.

According to Police, the bus was brought to Medak town for some repairs. The driver and cleaner were driving the vehicle towards Hyderabad on Monday morning when the technical glitch resulted in a fire accident.

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The fire engulfed the vehicle with no time while the alert driver and cleaner ejected out safely. The bus was reduced into ashes before the fire tender came to the place.