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School Bus Fire Claims Multiple Lives and Injures Young Students in Rangsit


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In a tragic incident, a fire broke out on a school bus on Vibhavadi Road, near Zeer Rangsit in Pathum Thani Province, resulting in the deaths and injuries of many kindergarten students. Emergency services raced to provide aid.

 

At 12:25 on October 1, 2024, reports confirmed that a fire engulfed a bus carrying students from Wat Khao Phraya School in Uthai Thani Province. The accident occurred on Vibhavadi Road in the Khu Khot subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani.

 

 


Volunteer rescue teams from Hongsa Khong Luang 21 were immediately dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, they found the bus completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters worked urgently to extinguish the blaze, and initial reports confirm multiple casualties, including up to 10 fatalities and many injured students.

 

Both the express and local lanes of inbound Vibhavadi Rangsit Road have been closed indefinitely to facilitate rescue efforts and transport the injured to nearby hospitals for urgent treatment.

 

According to early reports, there were 42 individuals aboard the bus, including kindergarten students and teachers. So far, 19 individuals have been confirmed to have escaped unharmed.

Emergency personnel have not yet been able to fully assess the damage inside the bus.  
 

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Field Trip Bus Fire Death Toll Expected to Rise

 

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Police have confirmed that the bus was transporting students from Wat Khao Phraya School in Uthai Thani Province on an educational trip to the Ayutthaya Historical Park and the Central EGAT Learning Centre. There were 44 passengers onboard, including 6 teachers and 38 students.

 

According to Preecha, a 50-year-old school janitor who was present, the bus suffered a front-left tyre blowout while traveling on Vibhavadi Road, causing it to veer into a median barrier. Shortly after, the entire bus erupted into flames. Out of the 44 people onboard, only 19 been confirmed as able to escape before the fire intensified, 16 students and 3 teachers.

 

One of the teachers recounted the terrifying moment, explaining that the bus door failed to open as the fire broke out, trapping the remaining students and teachers inside. Rescue workers quickly arrived at the scene, managing to bring the blaze under control after a lengthy battle.

Police and responders are trying to confirm how many victims there are, as for a time the recovery effort was suspended due the gas cylinders on the bus leaking. The death toll is expected to rise.

 

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More than 20 children feared dead in Thailand bus crash

 

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The bus, carrying dozens of primary school age children, was returning from a trip north of Bangkok

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A bus carrying dozens of primary school children has crashed and caught fire just outside the Thai capital Bangkok.

 

Sixteen children and three teachers are reported to have escaped, but 22 pupils and three teachers are still unaccounted for, according to the country's transport minister.

 

Officials say they have found ten bodies on the bus, according to the BBC Thai service.

 

Photographs show the bus completely destroyed by the fire. Investigators are said to have been unable to enter the vehicle because of the heat, according to local media.

 

The bus was one of three that were carrying children and teachers returning from a school field trip in the northern province of Uthai Thani.

 

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37 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Utterly heartbreaking- not much more to say here really.

 

Years ago in the Uk a school minivan on a trip crashed in a bridge on a motorway. Following the horrific tragedy there was significant regulatory change & enforcement.

 

I fear all we will see here is ‘an announcement’ - with no developments, checks or measures & certifications for public & school transport. 
 

How a fire starts & spreads this quickly implies LGV (potentially or similar) & highly flammable materials / upholstery etc. 

My mate who I used to work with on the road markings was first on the scene at that incident, they were white lining, he was trying to get burning kids out the back doors.

Horrendous. 

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