Amaravati, November 10, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Thirty-three passengers had a narrow escape after a private travel bus was completely gutted in a fire in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district in the early hours of Tuesday.
The incident occurred near Chandi in Valetivaripalem mandal at around 1.30 a.m., when the bus was travelling from Kadapa to Vijayawada.
According to police, the fire broke out after one of the bus’s front tyres came off. The driver immediately stopped the vehicle and alerted the passengers, allowing all 33 occupants to evacuate before the flames engulfed the bus.
A fire engine reached the spot and brought the blaze under control. The vehicle, however, was completely gutted. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation.
Prakasam district witnessed a similar incident in May this year, when 36 passengers escaped after another private bus caught fire near Bheemavaram Adda Road in Ulavapadu mandal. That bus was travelling from Hyderabad to Tirupati when its driver noticed smoke coming from the engine and stopped the vehicle, enabling everyone to get off safely.
In a separate incident in neighbouring Telangana, two police personnel were injured after their vehicle overturned at Pargi in Vikarabad district. The vehicle reportedly rammed into a road divider after its driver lost control.
The police personnel were returning to Hyderabad from Kodangal, where they had been deployed for security arrangements during Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s visit to his Assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, three people were injured when a speeding car rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Nacharam near Hyderabad on Tuesday. Police shifted the injured to a hospital.
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