Bus catches fire in Lucknow: 5 dead, driver escapes

A bus traveling from Bihar to Delhi caught fire in Lucknow, killing five passengers, including two children.

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00:00Five passengers, including two children, were killed when a fire broke out on a moving bus

00:11in Lucknow on 15th May of 2025. Police said the bus, which was traveling from Bihar's Begu Sarai

00:16to Delhi, caught fire around 5 a.m. near Mohanlal Ganj in Lucknow, possibly due to a short circuit.

00:22Eyewitnesses recalled that most passengers had been asleep at the time.

00:26They woke up only when smoke began to spread through the bus.

00:29They also claimed that the driver smashed a window and escaped, abandoning the passengers.

00:34Locals rushed to the scene upon hearing of the blaze and alerted the police and fire services.

00:38Firefighters brought the fire under control within 30 minutes, but the bus had already been reduced to ashes.

00:44Just weeks earlier on 19th March 2025, four employees of a private firm were charred to death near Pune.

00:50An official said the casualties resulted because the emergency exit at the rear side of the minibus could not be opened.

00:55In the Lucknow case too, authorities suspect a similar failure.

00:59The investigation is still ongoing.

01:00The investigation is still ongoing.