<p>About 32 passengers were safely evacuated from a private bus during wee hours of Saturday after it caught fire due to the electric short circuit in the battery.</p>.<p>The bus was heading to Vijayapura from Bengaluru when the incident occurred at Gunnal cross, Yelaburga taluk, in Koppal district.</p>.<p>The driver spotted flames and suddenly halted the bus. The driver and the staff safely deboarded passengers and also shifted their luggage and baggage.</p>.<p>On being alerted, the fire force personnel from Kushtagi rushed and doused the fire.</p>.<p>The bus was mostly charred in the incident.</p>
<p>About 32 passengers were safely evacuated from a private bus during wee hours of Saturday after it caught fire due to the electric short circuit in the battery.</p>.<p>The bus was heading to Vijayapura from Bengaluru when the incident occurred at Gunnal cross, Yelaburga taluk, in Koppal district.</p>.<p>The driver spotted flames and suddenly halted the bus. The driver and the staff safely deboarded passengers and also shifted their luggage and baggage.</p>.<p>On being alerted, the fire force personnel from Kushtagi rushed and doused the fire.</p>.<p>The bus was mostly charred in the incident.</p>