At least 30 people were injured after a luxury bus bound for Odisha’s Paradip caught fire in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Friday night, police said.
The incident took place when the bus, which departed Babughat in Kolkata around 5 pm, neared Madhabpur area around 10 pm, a police officer said, adding the AC bus was moving slowly.
At least 30 people travelling in the vehicle tried to rush out of the vehicle by smashing side windows. Some of them fell into a roadside ditch, while several of them were admitted to nearby hospitals.
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