Fire destroys Pattaya tour bus as driver sleeps inside

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Fire destroys Pattaya tour bus as driver sleeps inside
Kwaang Siripoom

PATTAYA: Workers from the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation were called to an NGV gas station in Nongplalai, Banglamung in the early hours of Thursday morning following reports a bus had caught fire, reports Thaivisa news.

The parked tour bus had reportedly burst into flames while parked at the Siam Best gas station while the driver was asleep inside the vehicle, just after 3.30am.

Miraculously the driver managed to escape unhurt.

It took fire officers more than 30 minutes to bring the blaze under control.

The tour bus was said to be operated by Golden Thai Travel Co., Ltd., and was due to pickup Chinese tourists from their hotel in Pattaya on Thursday morning.

The driver, Mr. Sathit Kachai, 27, told rescue workers how he had finished preparing the bus for the passengers he was due to pick up the next day when he decided to go to sleep in the multipurpose compartment at the rear side of the coach, as all drivers do when they have a break.

However, he was woken by a burning smell to find that the front side of the vehicle was on fire. He tried in vain to put out the flames using an on board fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong and quickly got out of control, engulfing the whole bus.

It was then he called the emergency services.

The police added that they have collected evidence from the scene in order to try and establish the cause of the fire.

-- 2016-03-24

[Don Mega]

One down, 11ty billion to go.

[NCC1701A]

As we know, buses are the cause of all bus related accidents and not the drivers.

As an example, a few days ago a bus took off all by itself and ran some people down while still in the bus terminal.

clearly that bus had some issues with humans.

perhaps this bus decided to commit suicide.

[webfact]

Bus Fire in East Pattaya at a Gas Station



PATTAYA: -- A tour bus from the Golden Thai Travel Company from Bangkok caught on fire at a gas station in Nongplalai, Pattaya.

In the early morning at 3:30am on March 24th, a radio rescue team name Sawangboribul received a call about a bus fire occurring at the NGV Siam Best gas station located on 36th Street Moo 3, Nongplalai, Pattaya.

The bus driver, a 27 year old Thai national name Mr. Satid, explained that he came to the gas station to fill up the gas tank and also to rest, so that he would be prepared to pick up a Chinese tour group at Cholchan hotel the next morning.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/222298/bus-fire-east-pattaya-gas-station/

-- Pattaya One 2016-03-24

[bangon04]

He tried in vain to put out the flames using an on board fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong and quickly got out of control, engulfing the whole bus.

It was then he called the emergency services.

Timing is everything....

[sabaii69]

One down, 11ty billion to go.

One less bus to run over my motorbike.

[AgMech Cowboy]

I'm glad to read the driver was able to escape.

[mercman24]

should have made sure that fag was out,

[Moti24]

Break Failure? At least nobody died this time!

[steven100]

Do the Chinese get a refund if the bus didn't arrive ?

[soalbundy]

Parked the bus and went to sleep, i thought they did that while driving

[RabC]

I can just feel the compassion oozing from this page at the loss of a tourist bus from the roads of Pattaya................

[Nemesis7]

Thank god no casualties.

[laolover88]

Parked at an NGV Gas Station? 'Nuff said!

[Transporter]

Do the Chinese get a refund if the bus didn't arrive ?

No because the brake pads/shoes were supplied by China and that has not yet been ruled out as the cause.

[soalbundy]

He left the air-con running and the battery gave up

[jacko45k]

One down, 11ty billion to go.

One less bus to run over my motorbike.

My thoughts exactly, nearly forced off the road by one recently also in the same area.

Sitting behind them waiting is also screwing up my lungs.