This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the local Emergencies Ministry.
“At 14:50 a message was received that in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny on Naberezhnye Chelninsky Avenue at the Chelnygorstroy stop, a Ford Transit minibus of route No. 26 caught fire.
11 people, including ten passengers (eight adults, two children), got out on their own, ”the statement reads.
There were no casualties as a result of the accident.
The preliminary cause of the fire is arson.
According to the current version, two young men set fire to the minibus seat and got out.
Potential arsonists have already been identified.
Earlier in Moscow, a car caught fire in a tunnel.