Major fire accident at Warangal bus depot, 5 buses gutted

HANAMKONDA (WARANGAL): In a major fire accident, five RTC buses were completely gutted at the Warangal-1 RTC bus depot, in the wee hours of Thursday.
According to RTC staff, the fire first broke out in an under-repair bus (no: AP 29 ZZ 3368) due to a ‘short circuit’ at around 2 am on Thursday and later spread to four other buses parked in the vicinity.

According to Transport minister P Mahender Reddy, the corporation has suffered an estimated loss of Rs 50 lakh due to the incident. The minister has ordered RTC officials to conduct an inquiry into the matter to ensure that such incidents do not occur again.