On Tuesday morning, 65 passengers travelling in a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire in Thane.

The incident took place at around 8 am in the morning near Utaleshwar, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said. A short-circuit is suspected to have caused the fire in the bus, which belonged to the Bhiwandi depot.