Three techies, children among victims of Kurnool bus blaze

A devastating bus fire in Kurnool district claimed 19 lives, including young IT professionals from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, as well as entire families returning from Diwali celebrations. Among the victims were three techies working in Bengaluru and four members of a family from Nellore district.

Hyderabad: The ghastly bus fire tragedy in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh claimed many young lives, leaving shattered families across several states.

Among the 19 passengers tragically burned alive were three young professionals employed with IT companies in Bengaluru.

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They were travelling on the ill-fated V Kaveri Travels bus, heading to Bengaluru from Hyderabad. The victims include Anusha Reddy (22) and Chandana (23) of Telangana, and Gannamaneni Dhatri (27) of Andhra Pradesh.

Gannamaneni Dhatri, hailing from Pusapadu in the Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh, had been visiting her uncle in Hyderabad and boarded the bus at JNTU on Thursday night. As the fire started under the front portion of the bus, most of those occupying the front seats, including Dhatri, could not escape.

Anusha Reddy, from Vastakondur in the Gundala mandal of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, boarded the bus at Lakdi-ka-pul. She was returning to Bengaluru after celebrating Diwali at her native place.

Another techie, Chandana, who hailed from Medak district and her mother, Sandhya Rani (43), also perished in the disaster. Chandana was working as a software engineer in Bengaluru and Sandhya Rani was scheduled to leave for Muscat from Bengaluru to join her husband, who works there.

According to family members, Sandhya Rani, along with her husband Anand Kumar, had recently come to Medak for a family wedding. While Anand Kumar had returned to Muscat a week ago, Sandhya Rani had to postpone her ticket due to illness.

The tragic fire accident also claimed the lives of all four members of the same family from Andhra Pradesh. Golla Ramesh (35), his wife Anusha (30), their daughter Manvita (10) and son Manish (12) were among the passengers perished in the bus blaze.

They had come to celebrate the festival at a relative’s place. The family hailed from Gollavaripalli village of Vinjamur mandal in Nellore district and boarded the bus at Vanasthalipuram in Hyderabad.