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Telangana: Lucky escape for 30 as RTC bus catches fire

WARANGAL: An RTC bus caught fire at Station Ghanapur bus station on Friday. All 30 passengers and the driver were safe, however, the bus was damaged and the RTC suffered a loss of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 15 lakh.

According to Warangal-I depot manager K Bhanu Kiran, the bus was heading to Uppal from Janam Kinda district bus station, when the bus caught fire.

Sources said that the driver’s presence of mind averted a major mishap as he sensed that the engine was not working and asked the passengers to get down with their luggage.

The passengers were sent to their destinations through alternate arrangements from Station Ghanapur to Uppal.

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