
Gurugram: At least two people were charred to death while a dozen others sustained serious burn injuries after a moving sleeper bus caught fire on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway on Wednesday night. According to the police the passenger bus, a Volvo sleeper, was completely gutted in the fire, however, the cause of the fire was not known immediately and is being investigated.
A senior police official said two people died in the fire while 12 others sustained grievous burn injuries.
#BreakingNews A massive #fire 🔥🔥 broke out in a sleeper #BUS coming from #Jaipur, #Rajasthan to #Delhi. Two people have burnt to death in this incident. At the same time, 10-12 people have got burnt. The incident took place on the Signature Tower flyover in #Gurugram.... The… pic.twitter.com/pd0S4WKPpx
— Rakshitanagar 🇮🇳 (@rakshitanagar28) November 8, 2023
Five of the injured have been admitted to Medanta Hospital and seven to Civil Hospital, the official said.
#WATCH | Haryana | A bus caught fire on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway in Gurugram this evening. Details awaited.
— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2023
(Video Source: Video confirmed by locals) pic.twitter.com/HFyxvhbUmZ
Visuals of the incident doing the rounds on social media platforms showed the bus engulfed in a massive inferno.
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