Overview
- The private Swagat Travels coach caught fire around 3:30 am near Dhanera while roughly 16 passengers were asleep.
- Most on board escaped by jumping from windows; one suffered severe burns and three had minor injuries.
- One outlet reported a fatality, a claim not confirmed by other reports at the time of publication.
- The service on the Nachna–Ahmedabad route began only three to four days earlier, according to the operator.
- The blaze destroyed luggage, documents and phones, complicating efforts to reach families, as police opened a formal probe.