New Delhi: A low-floor cluster bus ferrying round 50 passengers was fully destroyed after it caught hearth in east Delhi’s Jagatpuri space on Thursday, officers mentioned.
They mentioned no passengers have been injured.
The Delhi Built-in Multi-Modal Transit System Restricted (DIMTS) displays and manages cluster buses.
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An inquiry has been ordered, transport division officers mentioned and added that the bus might be examined by the producer to find out what induced the hearth.
“This bus was simply four-and-a-half years outdated. It’s a matter of concern {that a} comparatively new bus caught hearth. The fireplace began from the again portion and regardless of efforts by the driving force and the conductor to extinguish it, it unfold,” an official mentioned.
Station officer of Delhi Fireplace Providers (DFS) Anoop Singh mentioned a name was obtained round 9.40 am concerning the incident and three hearth tenders have been despatched to the spot.
It’s suspected that {an electrical} short-circuit within the car’s air-con system could have induced the hearth, Singh mentioned.
In response to police, the bus was plying on route 340, from Central Secretariat to Seemapuri. The possible reason for the hearth was a short-circuit within the AC system, they added.
Eyewitness Surender Bhola mentioned a biker observed smoke popping out of the bus engine and alerted the driving force, who instantly stopped the car and instructed the passengers to get off.
The incident induced an enormous site visitors jam on the Jagatpuri crossing, affecting different commuters. Visitors police later managed to control the move, the DFS officer mentioned.
Thirty buses caught hearth in Delhi within the final eight years, together with 4 in 2023, in line with the town authorities’s information on hearth incidents in DTC and cluster buses. Final yr, the federal government knowledgeable the Delhi Meeting that short-circuits have been the most typical cause behind the hearth incidents that largely occurred in buses round 12 years outdated.
The transport division has over time constituted completely different committees to look into the causes of the fires. The frequent causes have emerged to short-circuit and engine overheating and drivers have additionally flagged technical points.
