India, Sept. 19 -- A moving bus caught fire following an explosion in its CNG kit in the Surajpur area of Greater Noida early Thursday morning, said fire officials. A major incident was averted as the driver, who was on his way to pick up employees of a private company, managed to escape unharmed and the bus was empty at the time of the incident, they added.

The fire control room received a call around 5.22 am from a local resident, Mohammad Raees, who reported that a bus had caught fire near the Surajpur market on Dadri Road.

Raees told HT, "I was preparing for prayers when my wife informed me that a bus had caught fire outside the house. I immediately rushed out and found the front part of the empty bus burning." He immediately alerte...