No injuries as Bangkok bus engulfed in flames

By The Nation

 

 

Photos from Ruam Duay Chuay Kan Foundation

 

Early morning traffic was snarled when a Bangkok bus was destroyed by flames on the busy Sukhumvit Road on Tuesday.

 

No one was injured in the incident.

 

Jor Sor 100 traffic radio station reported that the fire started at 9.31am on Sukhumvit Road in front of the Gateway Ekamai shopping mall.

 

 

Police closed a section of the inbound Sukhumvit Road, causing traffic to back up to Bang Chak BTS station.

 

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to extinguish the flames that destroyed the air-conditioned bus No Por-Or 40. The bus runs from Lam Sa Lee area and Ramkhamhaeng University to the Southern Bus Terminal.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30344858

 

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11 minutes ago, webfact said:

No one was injured in the incident.

 

The most important part of the news item.                     Now let the flaming and jokes begin.

Maintenance never done......... 

I love the picture with the little fire extinguisher and the huge fire.

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

The most important part of the news item.                     Now let the flaming and jokes begin.

Well.....catching a bus is the latest test of survival in Thailand.....these buses are turning into infernos 

within minutes.......something seriously wrong!

13 minutes ago, Nasrullah said:

Well.....catching a bus is the latest test of survival in Thailand.....these buses are turning into infernos 

within minutes.......something seriously wrong!

and exactly how many buses in Bangkok are suddenly catching on fire?

 

Jeez, you lot crap your pants about anything

15 minutes ago, PremiumLane said:

and exactly how many buses in Bangkok are suddenly catching on fire?

 

Jeez, you lot crap your pants about anything

have you been keeping up with news recently?.....Buses catching fire all over the country-fact!!

 

Never even heard or seen these happenings in my homeland

44 minutes ago, Nasrullah said:

have you been keeping up with news recently?.....Buses catching fire all over the country-fact!!

 

Never even heard or seen these happenings in my homeland

Yes amazing

 

I would be cringing at the moment if I was an Insurance company with all these NO fault policies out there

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

I love the picture with the little fire extinguisher and the huge fire.

That's what I thought , there must be so many comments to go with that scene.

2 hours ago, Nasrullah said:

have you been keeping up with news recently?.....Buses catching fire all over the country-fact!!

 

Never even heard or seen these happenings in my homeland

Do they have buses in your homeland, wherever that may be?

As you can see, vehicle fires, including buses, can happen anywhere, so it's not just a regular Thai event.

 

Los Angeles, CA                                                      Oshkosh, WIS

 

Stanstead , UK                                                              Taiwan

 

Maybe one of the new Chinese buses?

3 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Do they have buses in your homeland, wherever that may be?

As you can see, vehicle fires, including buses, can happen anywhere, so it's not just a regular Thai event.

 

Los Angeles, CA                                                      Oshkosh, WIS

 

Stanstead , UK                                                              Taiwan

Happened today in the centre of Rome..

 

5 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Do they have buses in your homeland, wherever that may be?

As you can see, vehicle fires, including buses, can happen anywhere, so it's not just a regular Thai event.

Should be common sense but it's the frequency that matters, not whether it happens at all.

 

It happens more in Thailand as do all kinds of road safety related issues. Recently voted amongst the most dangerous roads in the world - https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/thai-roads-deadliest-planet-world-atlas/

 

The exact same no. 40 yellow bus burst into flames in 2016 - https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/bus-bursts-flames-ekkamai/

On 5/8/2018 at 9:19 PM, jspill said:

Should be common sense but it's the frequency that matters, not whether it happens at all.

 

It happens more in Thailand as do all kinds of road safety related issues. Recently voted amongst the most dangerous roads in the world - https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/thai-roads-deadliest-planet-world-atlas/

 

The exact same no. 40 yellow bus burst into flames in 2016 - https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/bus-bursts-flames-ekkamai/

Back on the road next week -