Bus Driver Sets Own Bus on Fire, Suffers 90% Burns

Kathmandu. At 12:15 PM on Monday in Tripureswor, Kathmandu, smoke was seen in the minibus of Rddisiddhi Yatayat. The bus, number Ba5kha 4274, parked in front of the Department of Passports, started burning, and security personnel tried to get the driver out. The driver was in the driver's seat, 25-year-old Dawa Lama. The bus door was locked from the inside. Security personnel broke the bus door and rescued him, and he has been taken to Kirtipur Burn Hospital. His treatment is ongoing. Dr. Bishal Karki of Kirtipur Burn Hospital told Ratopati that Dawa, who is from Kavre Panauti Municipality Ward...