Uzbekistan

Passenger Bus Catches Fire in Tashkent’s Shaykhantakhur District

Passenger Bus Catches Fire in Tashkent’s Shaykhantakhur District
Passenger Bus Catches Fire in Tashkent’s Shaykhantakhur District / Photo: Main Department of Emergency Situations of the City of Tashkent..

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — A passenger bus operated by Bus Depot No. 7 caught fire in Tashkent’s Shaykhantakhur district.

No one was injured in the incident, the press service of the capital’s Emergency Situations Department reported.

The department received a report of the fire on Laylitugon Street at 12:01 on 7 November. Emergency response teams arrived promptly and extinguished the fire by 12:09.

The bus sustained damage in the fire. The cause of the incident was not specified in the report.

Askar Yakubov
Askar Yakubov

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