About 21 passengers ran for their lives after a tire of a tour bus on the Ratchathani-Phuket route reportedly exploded on Rama 2 road in the early hours of Friday morning, October 21st, causing the bus to catch on fire.

 

Officials from the Yi San sub-district Police Station and firefighters arrived at the scene in the Amphawa district of Samut Songkram province around 4:30 A.M. after being notified of the explosion incident. Upon arrival, dozens of passengers were seen fleeing from the vehicle as an NGV gas tank was engulfed in flames under the bus.

 

Firefighters spent about 45 minutes to extinguish the fire. No injuries and deaths were reported.

 

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Illuminating, I wonder how a burst tyre can catch fire and engulf a bus?

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder how a burst tyre can catch fire and engulf a bus

Interesting question and evidently yes, if the tyre burst after catching on fire:-

Reference - Bengaluru India (2013);-

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bus-tyre-bursts-sparks-off-a-fire/articleshow/19118164.cms

 

 

 

Many times the tyre blowing out is from a brake failure generating heat and starting the fire. 

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

a burst tyre

a burst TIRE....................the first question is, how did the tire burst???????    Maybe because someone had a flamethrower on the tire???  perhaps not my good Watson, maybe shot the tire with a bazooka?  I think not Sherlock.....

 

on a bicycle, brake, heat up the rim, boom boom sha lack a ding dong boom boom

 

 

1 hour ago, Iamfalang said:

a burst TIRE....................the first question is, how did the tire burst???????    Maybe because someone had a flamethrower on the tire???  perhaps not my good Watson, maybe shot the tire with a bazooka?  I think not Sherlock.....

 

on a bicycle, brake, heat up the rim, boom boom sha lack a ding dong boom boom

 

 

Up the medication...

2 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Interesting question and evidently yes, if the tyre burst after catching on fire:-

Reference - Bengaluru India (2013);-

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bus-tyre-bursts-sparks-off-a-fire/articleshow/19118164.cms

 

 

 

Okay got it... brake system overheated causing the tyre to catch fire and engulfing the bus..

Sounds like a lack of maintenance again.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Illuminating, I wonder how a burst tyre can catch fire and engulf a bus?

I was just going to ask the very same question. Strange one.

17 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Okay got it... brake system overheated causing the tyre to catch fire and engulfing the bus..

Sounds like a lack of maintenance again.

How exactly would they overheat unless you had your foot on the brake all the time?

Dragging shoe, failed spring, fluid weep/leak into frass from shoe material. Heat above autoignition temp with fluid dampened frass ( very high surface area, low heat removal, plenty added heat = same as varnish rag ignition in trash bucket) can do it.

Tire overexpands from heat and blows off. Applying brakes to stop adds more heat rapidly…..

13 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

How exactly would they overheat unless you had your foot on the brake all the time?

The brake stuck on after being applied.. not releasing due to poor maintenance?

just a guess..

On 10/21/2022 at 6:49 PM, snoop1130 said:

Firefighters spent about 45 minutes to extinguish the fire. No injuries and deaths were reported.

They are doing a superb job keeping tourists safe! Great busses! ????