SHIVAMOGGA: A private sleeper bus was destroyed in a fire caused by a short circuit in the early hours of Thursday in Sagar taluk, though no casualties were reported. The incident occurred at approximately 5.45 am while the bus was moving near Mumbalu village in Anandapuram police station limits.
The vehicle was travelling from Bengaluru to Sagar when it caught fire due to a short circuit. According to the officials, quick thinking by the driver and cleaner enabled all on board to have a miraculous escape. Only two passengers were travelling on the route towards Sagar, as the majority had already alighted earlier during a stop in Shivamogga.
#WATCH | Shivamogga, Karnataka: A private sleeper bus caught fire while in motion near Mumbalu village in Sagar taluk.
All passengers are reported safe, as they managed to exit the vehicle in time. Fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames.
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The blaze gutted roughly 80 per ent of the vehicle. Fire and Emergency Services personnel rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. Anandapuram Police Sub-Inspector Praveen inspected the site of the incident. A case has been registered at the Anandapuram police station. Further investigation is underway.
In a separate incident earlier this week, a training aircraft made an emergency landing at an agricultural field in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi, with both the instructor and trainee on board reported safe.
The aircraft made the emergency landing around 5.40 pm on Tuesday at a Toor crop agricultural field in Kalaburagi. The Kalaburagi City Police reached the spot following the incident. Both the instructor and trainee were reported safe.
The aircraft landed in the agricultural field, where Toor crop had been cultivated. There was no immediate information about any damage to the aircraft or the extent of damage, if any, to the agricultural field. The instructor and trainee remained safe following the incident. (ANI)
