Flames billow out after the school van caught fire.
Highlights
- Driver smelt gas leak, had 12 children with him
- He pulled them out, van was covered with flames
- Children safe, delivered to school in another car
Children under the age of 11 were packed into a van taking them to school in Ahmedabad this morning.
Just minutes after the driver hurriedly offloaded the school children, the van they had been packed into burst into flames.
Sandeep Samuel, the driver, regularly takes the 12 children to their school in the east of the city.
He said later that he smelt a gas leak and decided to evacuate the children. The CNG engine erupted into flames that took nearly 30 minutes to put out. The van was completely destroyed.
The driver later took the children to school in another car.