Mumbai, Jun 4 (PTI) A fire broke out in an electric bus operated by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) in Mumbai’s Andheri area on Wednesday evening, officials said.
All passengers were safely evacuated after the incident, which occurred when the bus at Marol bus depot on MIDC Road, they said.
Citing preliminary information, an official said that an electric bus of NMMT plying on the Route 144, between Airoli in Navi Mumbai and Andheri in Mumbai, caught fire around 6 pm.
Two fire engines of the Mumbai fire brigade were rushed to the spot, and the blaze was doused within a few minutes, he said.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the official said, adding that the bus was gutted in the accident. PTI KK NR
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