New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- A 25-year-old helper was charred to death after a parked private bus caught fire in west Delhi's Vikaspuri in the early hours of Sunday, police said on Monday, adding that incense sticks lit inside the vehicle may have triggered the blaze.

The victim, Sunil Sharma, who worked as a helper on the bus operated by a cab aggregator company, used to sleep inside the vehicle at night, police said.

According to deputy commissioner of police (west) Sharad Bhaskar Darade, Vikaspuri police station received a call about a bus on fire near a fish market adjoining Krishi Apartment around 12.33am. Night patrolling staff rushed to the spot and attempted to open the bus door, while two fire tenders doused the flames.

After the fir...