As many as ten devotees were killed and several others injured after the bus they were travelling in caught fire near Tauru in Haryana’s Nuh district on Saturday. The devotees were returning from a pilgrimage to Mathura and Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh.
The incident occurred around 2 am on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway. The bus was carrying around 64 people, including women and children, all of whom were residents of Punjab and Chandigarh.
Watch: Eight people were killed and around two dozen injured when a tourist bus caught fire in Nuh, Haryana. pic.twitter.com/on1DG64moK— IANS (@ians_india) May 18, 2024
Locals noticed the fire, chased the bus and asked the driver to stop. They also informed the police and the fire department.
The injured people have been brought to Nuh Medical College.
#WATCH | Haryana: Several people injured after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in Nuh. The injured have been brought to Nuh Medical College.
More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/hXDw2dl8jF— ANI (@ANI) May 18, 2024
“We were returning from Vrindavan. We don’t know how the fire broke out. 10 people have died. 64 people were there on the bus,” said Meena Rani, one of the survivors.
Meanwhile, Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed consoled the incident and said, “I would say that this is a very painful, sad and heart-wrenching incident. The devotees were returning from Vrindavan. The bus caught fire and several people including elderly, women, and children got injured.”
(This is a developing Story)
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