A bus ferrying around 40 students caught fire at Bogamati Ambarish Nagar here on Saturday morning.
According to reports, as many as eight passengers have sustained severe burn injuries.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained however, it is being suspected that an electric short circuit might have initiated the fire.
The bus with Assam registration was carrying students of Routs's Serenga Foundation College to Bagamati.
In the incident, the students and teachers were immediately evacuated from the bus thus averting any major tragedy.
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