Moradabad : The van of Delhi Global Public School situated at Pandit Nangla bypass in the Katghar area suddenly caught fire near the railway crossing. The van was carrying children to and from school. The children were barely saved when the van caught fire. The school van turned into a ball of fire in no time.

According to the police, there were more than 15 schoolchildren in the van at the time of the accident. The van was coming to school, luckily the driver immediately got all the children down from the van when he suspected something was wrong with the van. Delhi Public Global School operates from the campus of Mayfair College.

There were 15 children in the van.

There were about 15 children in school van number two. This van had left for school with the children from the area around the Hanuman statue. Then, there was some problem near the railway crossing on the Pandit Nangla bypass. Fortunately, the van driver sensed the accident and immediately got all the children down. In the meantime, flames started rising from the van. There was chaos on the highway.

On receiving information about the fire, police station Katghar in-charge Sanjay Singh reached the spot with the fire brigade team. The fire brigade personnel brought the fire under control in no time. There has been no loss of life. This is not the first case of playing with the lives of school children. Many such accidents have happened before this as well. The transport department has been doing only paperwork to check the fitness of school vehicles. Gyan Prakash Sharma said that there was no loss of life in the accident. The van was completely destroyed by water. The causes of the accident are being investigated.