A bus, which was parked just a few metres away from an Air India aircraft, suddenly caught fire at Delhi Airport's Terminal 3 this afternoon. The bus was operated by SATS Airport Services Private Limited, a third-party provider responsible for handling ground services for multiple airlines, and it was completely vacant when the fire broke out near bay 32.
The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), the entity that manages operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), described the event as a "stray incident" and confirmed that there were no injuries involved.
"In a stray incident, a bus operated by one of the ground handlers caught fire around noon today. Our expert ARFF team on the ground immediately swung into action and extinguished the fire within a couple of minutes. The bus was stationary and fully vacant at the time off the incident. There were no injuries/casualties. All operations continue to be normal. Safety of our passengers and staff remains paramount to us," it wrote on X.
A video captured the bus fully engulfed in a raging fire. SATS is conducting an investigation into the cause of the fire, sources said. The police also confirmed that the bus was not carrying any passengers or luggage at the time of the incident.
"Only the bus driver was in the bus at the time of the incident," they said, adding that no one was injured in the incident. An examination of the bus will be carried out to determine the cause of the fire, they said. Delhi airport features three terminals and four runways, with the capacity to handle more than 100 million passengers annually.
Terminal 3, which was inaugurated in 2010, stands as one of the biggest terminals in the world and has the ability to serve up to 40 million passengers every year. It handles both international and domestic flights, where the lower tier serves as the arrivals area and the upper tier functions as the departures area. The airport last week began operating the refurbished Terminal 2 (T2).
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