webfact Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Bus destroyed in roadside fire - ten staff flee for their lives Image: Thairath RAYONG: -- A bus travelling in the ban Chang area of Rayong burst into flames yesterday as ten employees on their way to work fled just in time. Driver Chainarong Ratmanee, 44, had smelled smoke and stopped, advising everyone to get off the six wheeler, reported Thairath. It was just in time - fire spread rapidly from the back into the passenger compartment and gutted the vehicle. Fire services took 30 minutes to quell the flames but by this time the bus was a blackened shell. The workers were going to the C Wan company around 7am Thursday along route 337 in the Samnak Thon sub-district. Police and fire investigators are probing the blaze but initial thoughts suggest a faulty compressor was to blame. Source: Thairath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-09-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The alternator and air compressors are run by 'V' belts, seems strange to blame the compressor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 13 minutes ago, webfact said: It was just in time - fire spread rapidly from the back into the passenger compartment and gutted the vehicle. Made in Thailand bus, by the grace of god the bus was not full of people, fire retarded material? what's that? not in our country, too expensive, too hard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 1 hour ago, BSJ said: The alternator and air compressors are run by 'V' belts, seems strange to blame the compressor! I read it to mean those compressing matters between one's ears... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 1 hour ago, BSJ said: The alternator and air compressors are run by 'V' belts, seems strange to blame the compressor! And those components are in the engine compartment at the rear.....where the fire supposedly started, but I would guess is the NG bottles may have been leaking.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Again!! No proper maintenance. Company Owners should be help criminally liable for these ongoing near death experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 " Driver Chainarong Ratmanee, 44, had smelled smoke and stopped, advising everyone to get off " lucky passengers, the driver didn't flee alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey4u Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Just replace the body and now we have a new bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Good call by the driver for once..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naroge Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Kudos to the quick thinking driver. I do however not understand how the fire can spread so quickly (as reported). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 3 hours ago, Naroge said: Kudos to the quick thinking driver. I do however not understand how the fire can spread so quickly (as reported). plastic fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 It's endless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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