A DTC low-floor bus carrying around 50 passengers was completely gutted after catching fire in east Delhi's Jagatpuri area on Thursday, officials said.
No passengers were injured in the incident as all were rescued shortly after the bus caught fire, the officials added.
Station Officer of Delhi Fire Service (DFS), Anoop Singh said a call was received at 9.42 am and three fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames.
The cause of the fire is suspected to be a short circuit in the vehicle's air conditioning system, Singh said. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus was en route to Seemapuri when the incident took place, he added.
An eyewitness, Surender Bhola, said a biker noticed smoke coming from the bus engine. He alerted the bus driver, who immediately stopped the vehicle and instructed the passengers to get off, Bhola said. According to the eyewitness, there were around 50 passengers on the bus and all were rescued.
The incident caused a massive traffic jam at the Jagatpuri traffic light, affecting other commuters. Traffic police later managed to regulate the flow, the DFS officer said.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Delhi Tops Polluted City List As Air Quality Crisis Persists In North India Pollution Control Body Orders Filling Critical Gaps In Enforcing Rules Shared Phones, Missed Lessons: Students Face Challenges As Delhi Schools Go Online Russia's Firing Of ICBM On Ukraine Is Weapon's 1st Combat Use In History Amazon Employee Greets Friend At Wedding, Dies Of Cardiac Arrest Maharashtra Chief Minister Pick Contentious For Both Ruling, Opposition Camps US SEC Chief Gary Gensler To Step Down Clearing Way For Trump's Pick Noted Surgeon Dr Mathew Varghese Named 'The One International' South Korea Court Jails Ex-Fiance Of Olympic Medalist For 13 Years Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.