VASCO
The driver, conductor and about 22 passengers had a lucky escape when a KTC bus caught fire near the Cortalim junction on Wednesday morning.
According to sources, the rear portion of the bus caught fire and passengers alerted the driver who stopped the bus. All passengers then alighted from the front door.
A source in the Verna Fire brigade said they rushed to the site and doused the fire.
"We rushed toward the spot, and all passengers had alighted before we reached the site. There was a fire at the rear end and the fire was spreading to other parts and we began our operations and completed the operations a short while. The loss caused to the bus could be estimated at around Rs 20 lakh," said the source.
