A fire at a parking yard near Bodrai in Bowrampet, Dundigal, damaged five private travel buses on Saturday night, with three vehicles completely gutted and two others sustaining damage.
Local residents who noticed the buses on fire alerted the fire department. The vehicles were parked close to one another, allowing the flames to spread from one bus to the next, according to the report.
Fire department personnel reached the site and began efforts to bring the blaze under control. The report did not specify whether anyone was injured in the incident.
The fire affected private travel buses parked at the yard near the Bodrai area. Three buses were destroyed in the blaze, while the remaining two caught fire and were damaged.
The cause of the fire was not known at the time of the report. The extent of the property loss was also yet to be ascertained. No further details about the parking yard’s operator or the vehicles’ ownership were provided.
The fire department’s response brought the immediate incident under control, while the cause of the blaze and the total value of the damage remained to be determined.
