A potentially catastrophic incident was narrowly averted in Alappuzha district as a school bus from Sree Bhuvaneswari English Medium High School, Mannar, caught fire near Chengannur.
Approximately 15 students and two crew members were on board when smoke was detected, prompting the quick actions of the driver and assistant who safely evacuated everyone before the bus was engulfed in flames. Firefighters swiftly arrived to extinguish the blaze, and authorities from the Motor Vehicles department conducted subsequent inspections to ascertain the cause of the fire.