A major fire broke out in an empty electric BEST bus parked at Anik bus depot in Mumbai’s Pratikshanagar.
Several buses were gutted in the fire. The buses, hired on a rental basis, were parked in the depot yard when the fire broke out around 5:45 pm today.
Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel, police and BEST staff rushed to the spot and launched firefighting operations. There were no reports of casualties as the buses were empty at the time of the incident.
Some of the buses involved were CNG-operated. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
