<p>Three passengers were charred to death and several others injured today when a private bus carrying 17 people caught fire in Karnataka's Hubballi city, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The fire broke out from the rear side of the non-AC sleeper bus on a national highway in Varur near Hubballi, about 420 kms from here.<br /><br />The cause behind the incident was not immediately known, police said.<br /><br />Fifteen passengers, apart from the driver and cleaner, were in the bus proceeding to Dharwad from Bengaluru.<br /><br />The injured have been admitted to various hospitals, they said.</p>
<p>Three passengers were charred to death and several others injured today when a private bus carrying 17 people caught fire in Karnataka's Hubballi city, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The fire broke out from the rear side of the non-AC sleeper bus on a national highway in Varur near Hubballi, about 420 kms from here.<br /><br />The cause behind the incident was not immediately known, police said.<br /><br />Fifteen passengers, apart from the driver and cleaner, were in the bus proceeding to Dharwad from Bengaluru.<br /><br />The injured have been admitted to various hospitals, they said.</p>