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A series of bus fires - gilesbus1 - 23/05/2019 21:29
Over the last week there appears to have been a series of bus fires, while in service, with luckily everyone escaping, I certainly have never know a series of fires onboard buses in service like this.
They are as follows:-
16/05/2019 Birmingham - National Express West Midlands ALX400 bodied decker
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-48296417
17/05/2019 Edinburgh - Lothian Buses Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/traffic-and-travel/video-watch-as-firefighters-tackle-bus-fire-on-gorgie-road-1-4929747
18/05/2019 Cardigan, West Wales - Richards Bros, Optare Tempo
https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/17649186.bus-severely-damaged-in-fire/
20/05/2019 Cambridgeshire - Stagecoach East Cambridge Guided Busway Volvo B7 or B8RLE/ Wight Eclipse body after an accident with a car, the Vauxhall Vectra car was also destroyed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-48336219
21/05/2019 Wakefield - BL Travel Volvo B6BLE/Wright Crusader 2
https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/investigation-underway-after-bus-bursts-into-flames-on-hemsworth-street-1-9780514
22/05/2019 Great Yarmouth, Border Bus, Beccles ADL Enviro200 only a minor fire this time
https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/traffic-redirected-after-bus-fire-at-gorleston-s-jpuh-1-6065078
23/05/2019 Birmingham - National Express West Midlands ALX400 (another one)
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/no14-bus-evacuated-fire-rips-16317906
23/05/2019 M25 Surrey - ADL Enviro200 in London Red - unable to identify operator - Could it be Sullivan Bus?
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/live-m25-m23-traffic-fire-16318679
Thats it, quite a lot of bus fires for a week.