Did fuel leak is the cause of Volvo fire?
Mahbubnagar: Police inferred from the evidences available on the spot that the vehicle hit a culvert while overtaking a car impacting the fuel tank on the right side. The tank burst into flames and soon engulfed the entire bus leaving no chance for the inmates to escape.
All the passengers rushed to the rear part of the bus indicating that the flames started in the front and spread to the back. But, they could not succeed in creating an opening due to exhaustion caused by shortage of oxygen and pungent fumes from the burning air-conditioners.
The officials collected the list of 33 passengers who reserved their seats at the originating point in Bangalore. But some passengers boarded at different places and there is no record of their identity.
One passenger managed to escape from the inferno but collapsed and died next to the door. Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information D.K. Aruna, who hails from Mahabubnagar, reached the spot and supervised the rescue operations along with
Collector Girija Sankar and SP Nagendra Kumar. TDP leader Nara Lokesh also visited the place.
News Posted: 30 October, 2013
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