On Tuesday afternoon, a private bus suddenly caught fire in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, in which about 20 passengers died and 16 others were seriously injured. This accident happened on the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway in a bus going towards Jodhpur with 57 passengers. Many more things are coming to light in this tragic accident in which innocent people were burnt alive.
The bus door was locked due to smoke
It was learned that the bus involved in the accident was modified from normal to AC and a short circuit in this central AC became the cause of the accident. This new bus of KK Travels was deployed on this route only 5 days ago. According to the information, as soon as the fire broke out, the door of the bus got locked due to smoke, due to which people were left running around but could not get out despite having time. In this accident, the entire family of 5 people of Mahendra Meghwal of Lavaran village of Setrava was lost. Mahendra Meghwal, his wife and three children died tragically.
people jumped after breaking the glass
Kastur Singh, a resident of Thaiyat village, who reached the spot, gave complete information about the incident. He said, ‘People broke the glass and jumped and kept pleading to save their lives. No fire brigade came for a long time during the accident. Finally, the Army broke the gate of the bus using JCB and rescued the people. Kastur Singh claimed that only 16 people were taken out of the bus.
5 of the same family died
Mahendra Jaisalmer He was working in the army ammunition depot and lived in a rented house in Indra Colony in the city. He was going to his village to visit his family to celebrate Diwali. Rajendra Singh, a local journalist from Jaisalmer also burnt alive in this bus accident. He was going to Pokhran for an inauguration. Among the injured is a couple who was returning to Jodhpur after a pre-wedding shoot.
The bus was brought to the army site (near the War Museum) and DNA testing is being done to identify the dead. The process of identifying the burnt passengers and handing them over to their families is underway. Special arrangements for burn ward were made by District Legal Services Authority, Jodhpur Metro.
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