Police have launched investigations into an incident where a bus caught fire near Ja-Ela.

A SLTB bus which was travelling along the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway burst into flames around 11.25 Thursday afternoon .

There had been forty two passengers on the bus. However, the police stated that there were no casualties reported.

According to the Police Media Unit, the bus which had been travelling from Colombo to Katunayake, had caught on fire at in the 15.4 kilometre area near Ja-Ela.

Police said that the cause of the fire has still not been ascertained.

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