India, June 25 -- A video showing passengers suffocating, coughing and covering their faces after smoke entered a metro coach in Mumbai has gone viral on social media. The incident reportedly happened at Devipada metro station in Mumbai's Borivali area on Tuesday. A private bus had caught fire at the Western Express Highway and when the metro stopped at the Devipada metro station station, the smoke entered the coach making it difficult for passengers to breathe.

The bus was empty when it suddenly caught fire on the road beside the Devipada metro station, reported Free Press Journal. The metro staff and firefighters, acting swiftly, rushed to the spot and doused the flames and no casualties were reported due to the fire.

However, as the ...