40 passengers escape unhurt as smoke engulfs moving bus in Odisha

Kendrapada, Sep 21 (UNI) Over 40 passengers had a narrow escape on Monday after thick smoke suddenly billowed from a moving passenger bus near Gogua Chhak on the Cuttack-Chandbali State Highway in Kendrapada district, triggering panic among those on board. The bus was carrying around 40 passengers from Pattamundai to Cuttack when smoke began pouring out of the vehicle near Gogua Chhak. As the smoke intensified, frightened passengers rushed out of the bus fearing that it might catch fire. Their sudden evacuation briefly disrupted vehicular movement on the busy state highway. No passenger was injured in the incident. The exact…