About 40 schoolchildren escaped unhurt after fire broke out in a Bengaluru government bus, thanks to an alert driver who spotted smoke and cautioned the passengers. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus, part of a convoy ferrying students of BEL School for an excursion, caught fire near Chennapatna, about 60 km from the city. The driver spotted smoke emanating from one end of the bus and immediately cautioned students and teachers to alight before it spreads to the seats, police said. Bengaluru school bus taking 50 students on vacation to Srirangapatna caught fire near Channapatna. @ANN_Newsable pic.twitter.com/Ae2c23xdRg — Pratiba Raman (@PratibaRaman) December 3, 2016Electrical short-circuit may have caused the fire, emergency service personnel said.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2016 12:47 UTC