UFA, July 7A bus carrying 43 tourists from Chelyabinsk to the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve caught fire while moving in Bashkiria; no one was hurt, the regional Emergencies Ministry reported.
«In the Burzyansky District, on the Kaga-Starosubkhangulovo road near the village of Bainazarovo, a Hyundai Universe bus caught fire while moving; it was traveling from Chelyabinsk to the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve. There were 43 people on the bus, including four children. The passengers evacuated the bus on their own; there were no casualties,» the report said.
A reserve bus from the Chelyabinsk region was sent for further delivery of passengers to their destination. “To safely wait for the backup bus, all passengers will be taken to the school in the village of Starosubkhangulovo by PAZ bus from the education department of the Burzyansky district administration. There were no explosions during the fire,” the department added.