Times Of Swaziland: OVER 30 PASSENGERS SURVIVE AS BUS CATCHES FIRE

OVER 30 PASSENGERS SURVIVE AS BUS CATCHES FIRE
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Stanley Khumalo on 06/05/2024 10:52:00


SIPHOFANENI – A bus caught fire at Mkhuzweni following a mechanical fault.
The remnants of Sinokuhle Transport, which were charred iron, were left at
Moyeni Bus Stop, along the Siphofaneni - Hhelehhele Public Road, after the bus
reportedly developed mechanical faults. Sources informed this publication that
passengers informed the driver and the conductor that there was a cloud of dark
smoke permeating the inside of the bus from the back. This was said to have
resulted in the bus driver pulling over at Moyeni Bus Stop to inspect the cause
of the smoke.  As he parked, according to sources, the over 30 passengers
alighted from the bus and some started to investigate the cause of the smoke,
while others decided to walk to a place of safety.
They said while they searched for the cause of the smoke, the bus burst into
flames, resulting in everything in it being burnt. The accident was said to have
happened around 4pm.
When this publication’s reporter arrived at the scene of the accident, the
passengers ‘had left the scene, while personnel from the Eswatini National
Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services (ENFRES) had extinguished the
flames’.Deputy Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Assistant
Superintendent Nosipho Mnguni confirmed that a bus was burnt and that people
were injured.  It is worth noting that it is along this route where a midi bus
transporting pupils lost power and started reversing towards oncoming traffic,
before hitting a sedan and veering off the road before bursting into flames.