It has been raining incessantly in most parts of India. Bengaluru is one of the affected cities and we have been getting several updates of inconvenience faced by residents due to adverse weather conditions. Amid all these updates, we are shocked to hear about a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus catching fire on a flooded road. What led to this tragic incident? Here’s all about the major mishap.
An Electric Bus Caught Fire In Bengaluru on Monday
Marula Siddesh (@ThisIsSiddesh) took to X to share videos of smoke emitting out of an electric bus and the long traffic jam that followed.
Video 1: Smoke coming out of BMTC electric bus after it was stuck in waterlogged road in Nagawara – Hebbal Service Road.
Video 2: Vehicles stuck creating a long traffic jam.
Irony – This happened in front of BWSSB water treatment plant.#BrandBengaluru #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/Gk3d4P3EMB
— Marula Siddesh (@ThisIsSiddesh) August 5, 2024
Many roads in the Karnataka capital are in waterlogged conditions due to ongoing heavy rainfall. It gets risky to travel on flooded roads as rainwater can cause the harshest tragedies in just a couple of minutes. Unfortunately, something similar happened here as well. This BMTC electric bus was travelling to Goraguntepalya from Tin Factory, according to a report by Moneycontrol.
ACP Traffic Northeast Bangalore Pradeep shared a picture of the bus in a horrifying dilapidated condition.
Electric bus went into 2 feet water on road, water entered battery as a result short circuit & fire. No harm to anyone. Electric vehicles pls avoid going into deep water on roads it may lead to short circuit pic.twitter.com/zhnswNp7bD
— ACP Traffic Northeast Bangalore Pradeep (@acpnortheasttr) August 5, 2024
BMTC sources shared that it was a non-AC midi JBM electric bus. As shared by the ACP, the vehicle travelling on a flooded road, was submerged in about two feet of water. The rainwater seeped through and entered the battery of the electric bus. Soon, it triggered a short circuit and the vehicle caught fire. ACP Traffic Northeast Bangalore requested commuters to avoid using electric vehicles on waterlogged roads to avoid similar unfortunate accidents.
Before the bus could catch fire, it stopped operating all of a sudden near Kempapura. It was around 10:50 PM last night when all passengers aboard the bus were taken to another bus as the first one stopped working on the flooded road. Though the driver tried to start it a few times, his attempt was of no use.
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No Injuries Reported
X user Sreesai Kokate (@KokateSreesai) shared a picture of the bus on fire in Bengaluru.
@narendramodi @nitin_gadkari @ncbn @naralokesh @Ramudu_RCT @RLR_BTM @tdkarnataka @AP_Transport @apsrtc @KSRTC_Journeys @BMTC_BENGALURU @FriendsofBMTC @srinualavilli @ChristinMP_ Respected sir please kindly switch to Diesel buses yesterday BMTC electric bus fires in hebbal please pic.twitter.com/wCgeAV2ICq
— Sreesai Kokate (@KokateSreesai) August 6, 2024
Thankfully, all the passengers deboarded the bus before the unfortunate incident. Fumes were seen after at least half an hour. The driver also deboarded the bus at the earliest. Later, the electric bus caught fire and burst into flames. Thankfully, no one sustained any injuries. The fire safety department rushed to the location to extinguish the fire.
These are all the updates about the recent accident of the bus catching fire in Bengaluru.
Cover Image Courtesy: X/ ACP Traffic Northeast Bangalore Pradeep (@acpnortheasttr)
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