The bus registered number RAD 248K was carrying 56 passengers from Rubavu District in Western province heading to Kigali.
According to local leaders on the scene, no passenger has been injured.
The incident took place in Cyintare Cell, Kivuruga Sector of Gakenke District at around 8:15am this morning.
“No person has died nor injured because when the driver saw smoke billowing from the engine, he requested all passengers to disembark and remove their luggage from inside the bus,” the Executive Secretary of Kivuruga Sector, Jean Bosco Nkurunziza told IGIHE.
Police arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire, but the bus had been completely damaged.
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