Miraculous escape for 40 children, 4 teachers as school bus catches fire in Panipat village

Panipat, July 13

As many as 40 children and four teachers had a miraculous escape when a school bus caught fire near Baran village of the district on Wednesday afternoon.

The incident occurred around 2 pm when a bus of Asian Senior Secondary School in Barana village left the school to drop children and teachers to their homes after school hours. As many as 40 students, 4 teachers, driver and conductor were in the bus at the time of the incident.

As the bus left the school premises, the driver saw smoke coming out of the engine. As soon as he stopped the bus, the engine caught fire. The teachers, driver and conductor helped the children to get out of the bus and called the fire brigade.

Fire brigade official Amit Kumar said a fire tender reached the spot and doused the flames. The reason behind the fire may be some short-circuiting, he added.

Prem Singh, Director, Asian Senior Secondary School, said that it was a miraculous escape for the children and teachers. The bus was on its last round to Barana and Faridpur villages and around 40 students and 4 teachers were in the bus at the time of the incident, he added. The bus, a 2014 model, was inspected in June month and all documents of the bus were complete, he claimed.