Kathmandu. Passengers were rescued after a sudden puff of smoke came out of a passenger bus coming towards Bhaktapur in Kathmandu. At around 11 o’clock on Tuesday morning, smoke was emitted from bus No. 3 B 9663 running on route No. 7.
It was suspected that the bus caught fire after thick smoke from the bus covered Kaushaltar Chowk in Bhaktapur. However, traffic policeman Purneshwar Kushwaha, who was present at the scene, said that when the wiring of the bus was short, smoke came out and there was no fire.
According to Nishan Thapa, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Police Circle, Thimika, there were more than 50 passengers on the bus. He informed that they were safely rescued and sent to their destination.
According to Thapa, smoke was coming from the clutch plate of the bus. He said that there was no human or material damage in the incident. The police clarified that there were only rumors that the passenger bus had caught fire and the incident was due to a simple technical problem.