Mumbai: An electric BEST double decker bus caught fire in Kurla depot on Sunday afternoon. Officials said the bus was defunct and under repair, when the smoke started coming and soon the parked bus caught fire. The incident took place around 3.55 pm and the fire was doused at 6.15 pm. The afternoon BEST services starting were disrupted as the fire and police officials temporarily closed the depot as safety precautions.
A BEST spokesperson said that when the smoke started emitting, the staff on duty tried to extinguish the fire with help of around 10 fire extinguishers available at the depot. However, around 4.10 pm, the suddenly the entire bus was engulfed in the blaze, and the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) was called in. The MFB came with five fire engines and the fire was doused after almost two hours of fire fighting operations.
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No one was injured in the incident.
The bus number the malfunctioning bus number 10440 (RTO number MH-01-EE-9649) which caught fire on Sunday, was taken out of service from May 1 due to technical fault, and was brought to the Kurla depot for servicing/repairs.
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