234 smartphones contributed to Kurnool bus fire tragedy: Forensic team

With the Bengaluru IT body urging a probe into the tragic Kurnool bus fire accident in Andhra Pradesh, recent developments in the case suggest that a shipment of 234 smartphones was inside the bus that exploded when the accident occurred.

Forensic specialists claimed that the explosion from the phone batteries might have contributed to the force of the blast, NDTV reported.

Worth Rs 46 lakh, the smartphones were being shipped as a package by a businessman based in Hyderabad. The consignment was being sent to an e-commerce company in Bengaluru, which would then supply those phones to customers.

Few bystanders reportedly heard the batteries explode as the bus caught fire.

Director-General of the Andhra Pradesh Fire Services Department, P Venkataraman, observed that the electrical