Bengaluru: Twenty-five passengers have magic runaway when their BMTC bus travels over the fire near the southern tip circle, Jayanagar, on Tuesday afternoon.
The bus (route no.
215) was heading to Amrutanagar when the fire broke at 1pm, the police said.
There are 25 passengers on the ship, said BMTC spokesman.
This is the second incident in less than two weeks.
On January 21, a BMTC bus caught fire near the Makkalakuta, Chamarajpet, and the crew managed to move almost 25 passengers to a safe place.
“On Tuesday, the bus had reached near the Nanda theater when the Kemperkaraju driver watched the smoke coming from under the hood.
Immediately, he told Mantappa’s conductor and directed the passengers to go down.
At that time, one passenger was called the fire control room and The fire tender from the Jayanagar station was pressed into the service, “police said.
Kemparaju and Mantappa did not respond to the call from TOI.
“According to Kemparaju, smoke starts from the hood and fire broke out later.
Short circuits can be the reason behind the flame,” said Fire Personnel.