Around 45 passengers travelling in a city transport bus in Nagpur had a close shave after a fire broke out in the moving vehicle on Thursday morning, officials said.

The Nagpur civic body-owned bus, which was in motion when the blaze started from its engine area, was gutted in the incident, but all passengers are safe as they were evacuated in time, they said. The incident took place near Rupam Electronic Market at Medical Square in the city around 9.46 am, Nagpur Municipal Corporation's chief fire officer Rajendra Uchake said.