NEW DELHI: More than 40 passengers escaped unhurt after a bus caught fire on the Ranchi-Lohardaga highway on Saturday evening, news agency PTI reported. The incident occurred when the vehicle, travelling from Ranchi to Chatra, suddenly went up in flames near Mandar Bazar. "There were nearly 45 passengers on the bus, which suddenly caught fire near Mandar Bazar," Manoj Karmali, the officer-in-charge of the Mandar police station, told PTI. "Fortunately, the bus was stopped in time and the passengers were brought out safely. A fire tender arrived shortly, but by then, local shopkeepers had doused the flame. None of the passengers suffered any injury, nor any major damage was caused to goods," he said. Karmali said the fire is suspected to have started due to a short circuit near t

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