Thirty-three passengers had a miraculous escape after a private tourist bus in which they were travelling caught fire at Anantapur district early Friday. (Photo: By Arrangement)

Hyderabad: Thirty-three passengers had a miraculous escape after a private tourist bus in which they were travelling caught fire at Anantapur district early Friday. The incident occurred when the bus was heading towards Hyderabad from Bangalore.

A major incident averted following alertness by the bus driver. On seeing the flames, the driver raised an alarm asking the passengers to get down. Even before the flames engulf the entire bus, the passengers managed to get down.

Upon receiving information, a fire-tender rushed to the spot and the flames were doused within an hour. The fire-fighters said efforts were on to collect more details from the driver to ascertain the reason behind the incident.


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