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Driver's presence of mind saves 17 passengers as a KSRTC bus catches fire in Haveri

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A Kannada news video on a KSRTC bus fire in Haveri, Karnataka. The driver's presence of mind is credited with saving all 17 passengers.

Key Lessons

  • The driver's alertness is credited with saving all 17 passengers.
  • Every passenger got out of the burning bus safely.
  • General guidance: know where the emergency exits are in every bus you board.
  • General guidance: if a bus catches fire, leave at once without your luggage and move well away from it.

What Happened

The Kannada title of this Public TV video says that a driver's presence of mind saved 17 passengers on a KSRTC bus in Haveri, Karnataka. Other news videos of the same incident say the bus caught fire near Devaragudda in Ranebennur taluk and that all 17 passengers got out safely.

Tags:Bus fireEvacuationKSRTCKarnataka

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