The driver had parked the bus on the road side at Madannapet and went away in the evening. Late in the night, local people noticed flames and alerted the police.
Officials suspect a short circuit could have led to the fire. Local residents noticed the fire and thick smoke emerging from the closed footwear shop on the roadside around 6 am.
Neighbours who noticed thick smoke coming from the victim, Sandeep Roy’s room alerted the Medchal police who reached the spot and found him dead on the floor with severe burn injuries
On Wednesday at around 9.05 PM a small incident of the short circuit took place near ICU ward in the hospital took place. An oxygen pipe passing nearby is partially damaged and oxygen supply to the ward is stopped.