KOLKATA: Around 35 passengers had a close shave as a private bus suddenly caught fire on Vidyasagar Setu on Thursday night.
An Esplanade-Purulia bus burst into flames around 10 pm, causing massive traffic disruption. No casualty was reported.
The bus driver spotted smoke from the engine and immediately stopped the vehicle.
The crew quickly evacuated all the passengers, helping some of them out of windows, before the vehicle was engulfed in flames.