MUMBAI: A non-public van ferrying six youngsters from a Worli faculty stuck hearth close to Elphinstone Road station on Tuesday. All six class VII scholars escaped without damage.
The incident happened round 2pm, on S L Matkar Road, close to Indiabulls Finance Centre development, when the two boys and four girls from Greenlawns School had been heading house within the van employed by means of their oldsters, stated the Dadar police.
A safety guard on the finance centre, who witnessed the incident, stated: “One of the youngsters had a drop close to Indiabulls Finance Centre, but two to 3 children additionally were given off. The motive force stepped out to invite them to get again in and spotted sparks popping out from under the vehicle. With the help of passersby, he right away were given the other scholars out of the van and inside a minute, it went up in flames.” But the police stated all six youngsters had been already of the van before the motive force spotted the sparks.
Two hearth engines reached the spot inside minutes after receiving the fire call and doused the flames. “Locals armed with extinguishers helped the firemen,” stated a local.
The police are but to take action in opposition to the motive force, Ravindra Vivekar, as they'll first test if his vehicle paperwork are in order. “The motive force advised us that the paperwork were given charred within the hearth. and he would supply us with photocopies of the similar on Wednesday. The reason behind the fire has but now not been made up our minds,” stated an officer.
The faculty government stated the van was now not in contract with them. The School Bus Owners’ Association raised concern over the usage of vehicles to ferry schoolchildren. “Since 5 years, now we have been combating in opposition to the usage of CNG-run faculty vehicles and buses, but the delivery department has grew to become a deaf ear. The central delivery department regulations mandate that vehicles with a seating capability of lower than 13 cannot be used as faculty bus, but it isn't be followed here,” complained Anil Garg, president of the association.
The incident happened round 2pm, on S L Matkar Road, close to Indiabulls Finance Centre development, when the two boys and four girls from Greenlawns School had been heading house within the van employed by means of their oldsters, stated the Dadar police.
A safety guard on the finance centre, who witnessed the incident, stated: “One of the youngsters had a drop close to Indiabulls Finance Centre, but two to 3 children additionally were given off. The motive force stepped out to invite them to get again in and spotted sparks popping out from under the vehicle. With the help of passersby, he right away were given the other scholars out of the van and inside a minute, it went up in flames.” But the police stated all six youngsters had been already of the van before the motive force spotted the sparks.
Two hearth engines reached the spot inside minutes after receiving the fire call and doused the flames. “Locals armed with extinguishers helped the firemen,” stated a local.
The police are but to take action in opposition to the motive force, Ravindra Vivekar, as they'll first test if his vehicle paperwork are in order. “The motive force advised us that the paperwork were given charred within the hearth. and he would supply us with photocopies of the similar on Wednesday. The reason behind the fire has but now not been made up our minds,” stated an officer.
The faculty government stated the van was now not in contract with them. The School Bus Owners’ Association raised concern over the usage of vehicles to ferry schoolchildren. “Since 5 years, now we have been combating in opposition to the usage of CNG-run faculty vehicles and buses, but the delivery department has grew to become a deaf ear. The central delivery department regulations mandate that vehicles with a seating capability of lower than 13 cannot be used as faculty bus, but it isn't be followed here,” complained Anil Garg, president of the association.
Mumbai: Narrow escape for 6 schoolchildren
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