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Children among five killed after fire engulfs bus in Khon Kaen


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Five people have been killed, including two children and twelve others injured, after a bus caught fire in Khon Kaen on  Tuesday.

 

The bus which had 34 passengers on board, was travelling through Ban Haet district when a rire tire burst and caught fire.

 

The fire quickly engulfed  the rest  of the bus and while 16 passengers were able to escape, 5 people were killed, including 2 children and 12 others were seriously injured. 

 

It took rescue workers 30 minutes to bring the blaze under control.

 

Photos shared by Sanook News showed the double decker bus had suffered extensive damage.

 

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Thees kind if road fatalities are everyday occurrences in this country from the time i have first arrived here 30+ years ago, nothing has changed since than and by the look of it nothing will either... some will say that is the price a big country with a big population pays to continue to function everyday, but go tell that the those who lost love once to a road fatality...

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9 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Maintenance is an overlooked priority here and I've seen some "public transport" vehicles which have no right to be on the road, let alone carrying passengers.

 

So sad that people were killed from something which was probably easily preventable.
 

What is even worse is that there is no government organization that checks the public transport. But its just not Thai to hurt companies in their bottom line. Safety last id say. 

 

I am quite pro Thai but this is one of the things that worries me. Good thing that planes are under better maintenance and that there are international rules. 

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Five people die in tour bus blaze in Khon Kaen province

 

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Five passengers, including two children, were killed and several others were injured when a double-decker tour bus, in which they were travelling, caught fire on the Friendship Highway in Ban Haed district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen on Monday night.

 

Initial reports indicate that journey of the bus, operated by 407 Pattana Company, originated in Udon Thani, with a stopover in Muang district of Khon Kaen. As it was leaving Muang district on the Friendship Highway, heading to Ban Haed district, one of its tires ruptured, followed by a shower of sparks.

 

The bus caught fire. The blaze rapidly engulfed the entire vehicle, trapping five passengers inside, including three adults and two children, while other passengers managed to escape, some suffering burns.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-people-die-in-tour-bus-blaze-in-khon-kaen-province/

 

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5 hours ago, robblok said:

What is even worse is that there is no government organization that checks the public transport. But its just not Thai to hurt companies in their bottom line. Safety last id say. 

 

I am quite pro Thai but this is one of the things that worries me. Good thing that planes are under better maintenance and that there are international rules. 

Good thing that aircraft do not suffer from tyre failures or hydraulic failures, or any other mechanical failures like engine blow ups or engine fires or even brake failures.

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11 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Trouble is they have a tendency to go off the rails, a bit like me sometimes ????????????

Trains in Thailand have a maximum speed of 45 km per hour
so and be killed train accident is very small

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1 minute ago, Patong2021 said:

 

Yes, a  bus can catch fire in a western country. The difference is that there are usually no fatalities because the western vehicles  are built to a higher quality standard than the Chinese vehicles popular in Thailand and the   western bus drivers must undergo safety training. The training, even if basic, is the difference between life and death.

Don't forget the regular maintenance as well ???????????????? Western governments would have a dicky fit if they saw the shoddy practices employed here. ????

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5 minutes ago, Bangkokazy said:

Trains in Thailand have a maximum speed of 45 km per hour
so and be killed train accident is very small

Can't wait for the high speed trains then, that should liven life up a tad ????

 

I was being slightly sarcastic by the way ????

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9 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

Yes, a  bus can catch fire in a western country. The difference is that there are usually no fatalities because the western vehicles  are built to a higher quality standard than the Chinese vehicles popular in Thailand and the   western bus drivers must undergo safety training. The training, even if basic, is the difference between life and death.

Has nothing to do with where the buses come from

All professional drivers in Thailand are full of Nazispeed, because the salary is so poor and the working day so long. therefore the country road is so fxxk up

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19 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

Yes, a  bus can catch fire in a western country. The difference is that there are usually no fatalities because the western vehicles  are built to a higher quality standard than the Chinese vehicles popular in Thailand and the   western bus drivers must undergo safety training. The training, even if basic, is the difference between life and death.

There are no Chinese built buses in Thailand. All the bus and coaches are built in Thailand on either import engine-chassis assemblies from Europe (Volvo, Scania) or on Thai built engine-chassis assemblies (Hino, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz) There is no Chinese built buses imported into Thailand because the import taxes are too high 

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1 minute ago, Russell17au said:

There are no Chinese built buses in Thailand. All the bus and coaches are built in Thailand on either import engine-chassis assemblies from Europe (Volvo, Scania) or on Thai built engine-chassis assemblies (Hino, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Mercedes-Benz) There is no Chinese built buses imported into Thailand because the import taxes are too high 

Don’t let facts get in the way of someone having a good Chinese bash, which only comes second to Thai bashing. 

The problem is some people read the fake, completely made up stories that people post here, they believe it a go around telling other people as if it is a fact. 
 

Two kids are dead, but look at the comment above yours.

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13 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

Don’t let facts get in the way of someone having a good Chinese bash, which only comes second to Thai bashing. 

The problem is some people read the fake, completely made up stories that people post here, they believe it a go around telling other people as if it is a fact. 
 

Two kids are dead, but look at the comment above yours.

No, there are five humans dead, we don't even know if any of the adults were related to the children. This coach has the exit door just in front of the rear wheels and the stairs lead towards the back of the bus and the fuel supply and the motor are behind that exit door and stairs and it is typical human nature that in an emergency situation they panic and would fight each other to get down those stairs first and get out of that coach. No one knows where these poor soles were seated and if they were seated directly above the engine then because of typical human nature and the panic there was no chance for them to escape that fire. I have been told that this coach was not powered by diesel but by gas instead much like many of the large trucks here with those white gas tanks behind the cabs which would explain why the fire started so easy when the tyre burst it could have broken the gas line and the sparks ignited the gas.

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12 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

Don’t let facts get in the way of someone having a good Chinese bash, which only comes second to Thai bashing. 

The problem is some people read the fake, completely made up stories that people post here, they believe it a go around telling other people as if it is a fact. 
 

Two kids are dead, but look at the comment above yours.

What about the Chinese made buses sitting on the docks in Bangkok, imported from Malaysia?

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21 hours ago, webfact said:

Five people die in tour bus blaze in Khon Kaen province

 

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Photo from มูลนิธิสว่างขอนแก่นสามัคคีอุทิศ https://www.facebook.com/rescuepoysiankk/

 

Five passengers, including two children, were killed and several others were injured when a double-decker tour bus, in which they were travelling, caught fire on the Friendship Highway in Ban Haed district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen on Monday night.

 

Initial reports indicate that journey of the bus, operated by 407 Pattana Company, originated in Udon Thani, with a stopover in Muang district of Khon Kaen. As it was leaving Muang district on the Friendship Highway, heading to Ban Haed district, one of its tires ruptured, followed by a shower of sparks.

 

The bus caught fire. The blaze rapidly engulfed the entire vehicle, trapping five passengers inside, including three adults and two children, while other passengers managed to escape, some suffering burns.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-people-die-in-tour-bus-blaze-in-khon-kaen-province/

 

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