PESHAWAR: A fire erupted in a BRT bus near Gulbahar Station on Friday, local media reported. According to eyewitnesses, the bus caught fire just as soon as it arrived at the station. There were passengers inside it at the time, but they managed to escape just in time. Rescue 1122 was called to the site and the fire was doused.
This is the third BRT bus to catch fire recently. A fire had erupted on the roof of a metro bus on August 26. This was followed by another bus fire in Phase-VI of Peshawar’s Hayatabad. The flagship project was completed at a cost of Rs69 billion in 36 months.
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