Narrow escape for passengers as bus catches fire in Abohar

All the passengers escaped safely.

As many as forty passengers had a narrow escape when the bus they were travelling in caught fire and engulfed into flames in Abohar, a sub division of Fazilka district on Thursday.

Flames coming out of a bus at Abohar on Thursday. (HT Photo)

As per information, a private bus moving from Abohar to Sriganganagar caught fire when it reached near Hindumalkot by-pass. However, all the passengers escaped safely from the bus.

Later, fire tenders were pressed in to control the flames.