Bmtc Bus Catches Fire With 60 Passengers in Bengaluru

As many as 60 passengers on board a burning bus (KA57 F 4568) belonging to Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) were evacuated in less than two-minutes by bus driver Jayachandra and conductor Chowdappa after it caught fire on Monday at around 5.10 am near HAL bus stop in Bengaluru city. 

However, a technical team of BMTC’s Chief Mechanical Engineer began an inquiry to ascertain the exact cause of



the fire incident which left the bus completely gutted.

The BMTC bus belonging to depot-51 reached HAL bus stop when the driver Jayachandra came across fire in the vehicle’s engine. 

Together with bus conductor Chowdappa, swung into action and safely evacuated all the passengers from the burning bus owing to their presence of mind. The evacuated passengers were sent onward by another bus.