Balls of fire rising from the burning bus
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Suddenly a bus full of passengers caught fire near Anjan Peer Chowk on Hajipur Chhapra main road in Vaishali district of Bihar. Due to this, an atmosphere of chaos was created at the spot. Seeing the bus on fire, the driver parked the bus on the roadside. After that all the passengers aboard got off the bus and saved their lives. Due to the presence of mind of the driver, a major incident was saved. The incident was also informed to the city police station. The police reached the spot and informed the fire brigade. The fire brigade vehicle reached the spot and brought the fire under control after a lot of effort.
According to the information, the bus was going from Hajipur bus stand to Khulkar to Chhapra. The bus could go a short distance from the stand when suddenly sparks started coming out of it. After this, the driver, with his wisdom, parked the bus aside and took out all the passengers, thereby averting a major incident.
It is being told that there were more than 25 passengers in the bus at the time of the incident. Everyone had left from Hajipur to go to Chhapra. But the bus caught fire on the way. Meanwhile, after receiving the information, the fire brigade team reached the spot and brought the fire under control. But by then the bus was completely burnt. At the same time, after this accident, traffic on Hajipur Chhapra main road came to a standstill for some time. But the police and fire brigade reached the spot, brought the burnt bus to the roadside and restarted the traffic after controlling the fire.