20160613 Thailand Suvarnabhumi Airport bus bursts into flames
Thailand Jun 13 2016 “Automobile & Railway” “Other”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Suvarnabhumi Airport bus bursts into flames
Updated: 2016-06-13-12:50
[Left] Taxis pass by on expressway as airport bus is engulfed in flames.
[Right] Firefighters extinguished the bus fire in 20 minutes after arriving at the scene.
The 20 passengers quickly evacuated from bus by driver. Firefighters extinguished fire in 20 minutes.
ROAD SAFETY & TOURISM
Suvarnabhumi Airport bus bursts into flames
13/06/2016
Online Reporters
A fire destroyed a tour bus bound for Suvarnabhumi airport with about 20 passengers on the Lat Krabang elevated road on Monday morning, but nobody was hurt, according to media reports.
Shortly before 8am, just as the airport bus was arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport, the bus driver spotted smoke coming from the engine compartment in the back of the bus.
He stopped the bus on the side of the road and evacuated all 20 passengers from the bus.
The driver then attempted to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher but failed.
Firefighters arrived and took 20 minutes to bring the fire under control.
The three fire engines sent to the scene were from the Rachathewa tambon administration organisation (TAO) fire station.
RETURN TO NORMAL
Police closed off three lanes to traffic, leaving only one lane open and causing a traffic jam.
The bus was consumed by the flames and deemed a write-off for insurance purposes. .
Ratana Jenraksa, the bus driver, called for another bus to take the passengers to safety.
The closed lanes were quickly reopened to vehicles after the fire was extinguished and traffic flow soon returned to normal.
The cause of the fire was being investigated.
Web Source: Bangkok post
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