20150121 Philippine Limited MRT operations because of bus that caught fire in EDSA
Philippines Jan 21 2015 “Automobile & Railway”
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Limited MRT operations because of bus that caught fire in EDSA
Updated: 2015-01-21-18:30
The Metro Rail Transit limited its operations on Wednesday evening due to a bus that caught fire along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
A report by radio dzBB’s Divine Reyes said the MRT had to limit its operations to between North Avenue in Quezon City and Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City.
Left out of the MRT for now were those in the south, from Taft in Pasay City to Boni Avenue in Mandaluyong City.
A photo by YouScooper Miguel Ampat Ranque showed no trips at Ayala Station.
On Wednesday afternoon, a passenger bus caught fire along the northbound lane of EDSA in Makati City Wednesday afternoon, slowing down rush-hour traffic in the area.
The bus belonged to Manrose Liner, radio dzBB quoted Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Metrobase’s Joel Wahe as saying.
The fire was put out at 5:24 p.m., and the bus was removed from the area at 5:55 p.m.
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