Thirty passengers narrowly escaped getting injured when an air-conditioned Shivshahi bus caught fire on the Pune-Satara route in Maharashtra on Tuesday afternoon, reported PTI. 

According to the news agency report, the incident happened at about 1:50 pm near Vadhefata, near Satara, on the Swargate-Sangli road. According to a representative for the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, the fire started when the bus's left rear tyre blew.