Archive · 18 Aug 2025
Highway Bus Fire, Three Workers Suffocate in Separate Incident
A bus caught fire on a highway, but everyone got out safely.
Elsewhere, three workers died while working on cables in a chamber.
The bus fire caused a delay, but the police managed the traffic.
The workers suffocated while working on BSNL cables.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
A private bus caught fire on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway; passengers escaped unhurt.
The incident occurred at 2 AM near the Swaminarayan Temple in Narhe.
Passengers evacuated after smoke was noticed; fire brigade responded promptly.
Three workers died from suffocation while laying fiber optic cables in Nigdi.
The workers were contractual employees involved in BSNL's optical cable work.
- Who
- Bus passengers, fire brigade, police, and three BSNL contractual workers.
- What
- A bus caught fire; three workers died of suffocation.
- When
- Bus fire occurred in the early hours of Monday; worker deaths on Friday.
- Where
- Pune-Bengaluru Highway and a drainage chamber in Nigdi.
- Why
- Exact cause of bus fire unknown; workers died from suffocation.
- Bus Fire Location
- Pune-Bengaluru Highway, near Narhe
- Bus Fire Time
- 2 AM
- Worker Deaths Location
- Drainage chamber in Nigdi
- Worker Cause of Death
- Suffocation
- Deceased Workers
- Datta Holare, Lakhan Dhawre, and Sahebrao Girsep
- Involved Parties
- Fire brigade, police, BSNL, and PMC/PMRDA
