Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Pramod Kumar Sharma said, "We received information about a bus catching fire around 9.15 PM. The bus was travelling from Delhi to Hathras. The fire has been extinguished. No casualties have been reported."
The incident occurred as Yemen's Houthi rebels continue their campaign of targeting commercial vessels passing through the Red Sea corridor in what they describe as solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel's ongoing war in Gaza, as per Al Jazeera.
The incident occurred near Sada village on the Mega Highway, within the limits of the Sindhari police station, around 1:30 am on Thursday, the police said.
Atleast 20 people were killed and several others were injured after a private bus enroute to Jodhpur caught fire near the Thaiyat village in Jaisalmer on Tuesday.
According to Additional SP of Jaisalmer, Kailash Dhan, casualties have been reported in the incident. Meanwhile, the injured have been rushed to the hospital. The rescue operations are underway.
One person was killed after a parked truck loaded with gas cylinders caught fire on Tuesday following a collision with a chemical tanker on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway, an official said.
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa, who reached the spot to assess the situation, said there were no casualties in the incident. The driver, who was alone in the vehicle, escaped without injuries.
A private travel bus caught fire near the SR Metro station in Hyderabad on Thursday night, but all 35 passengers on board were safely evacuated, as per the fire official.
A car caught fire inside the southbound tunnel on the Coastal Road in Mumbai on Thursday, prompting authorities to divert traffic at Haji Ali and the Worli Connector, as per the police.
A ship anchored at Porbandar Subhashnagar Jetty in Gujarat caught fire on Monday. The fire dousing operation began with three fire brigade vehicles arriving at the scene, said officials.
A truck carrying chemicals overturned and caught fire on the Bareilly-Jaipur Highway near Manoharpur Anand Ghadi in Mathura, as per the fire department. The fire broke out soon after the accident.
One man died and another was injured after a car caught fire following an accident near Jhanda Chowk on Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) in Delhi's Hulambi Khurd area in the early hours of Sunday, according to Delhi Police.