Hyderabad: The ghastly bus fire tragedy in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district snuffed out young lives and shattered many families.

Anusha Reddy (22) and Chandana (23) of Telangana and Gannamaneni Dhatri (27) of Andhra Pradesh were among 19 passengers who were burnt alive. They were all employed with the IT companies in Bengaluru.

The bus belonging to V Kaveri Travels was heading to Bengaluru from Hyderabad. The sleeper coach bus caught fire near Chinnatekur on the outskirts of Kurnool in the early hours of Friday. The accident occurred when a two-wheeler rammed into the bus, and its fuel tank caught fire.

Hailing from Pusapadu in the Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh, she was in Hyderabad to visit her uncle. She boarded the bus at JNTU on Thursday night. She was allotted seat number U1

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