The BEST has resumed operating 369 of 400 CNG buses that had been withdrawn after one of them caught fire last month. BEST officials said the decision to withdraw the buses had been taken to ensure passenger safety. Following an inspection by the buses’ manufacturer, the undertaking decided to gradually resume services.

To give this context, around 6.55 pm on February 22, a non-AC single-decker caught fire in Andheri East the third such incident in a month. Luckily, the vehicle was empty at the time.