Woman killed as KSRTC bus catches fire

A 52-year-old woman died and nine persons, including two children, were injured after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus caught fire in Nelamangala during the early hours of Tuesday.

According to KSRTC sources, the bus plying between Sringeri and Bengaluru caught fire when it reached Nelamangala around 12.30 a.m. on Tuesday.

“The bus was heading towards Bengaluru,” said a police officer.

“It is not an air-conditioned bus but an ordinary ‘sarige’ bus. The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained,”said a KSRTC official.