bluestar citaro fire

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hi all yesterday a bluestar citaro lost in life after it went up in flames


A driver fled for his life when his bus burst into a fireball.

Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly an hour as thick smoke billowed from the vehicle.

Witnesses described how plumes of black smoke filled the air before the bus driver pulled over and escaped.

The £100,000 singledecker Blue Star vehicle, which is just five years old, was not in service and no passengers were on board at the time


full info here www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9517910.Driver_flees_as_bus_bursts_into_fireball/

[rambo]

Makes me wonder why buses burn out when we have fire suppression equip fitted as standard.

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sorry to bump but a second bluestar citaro had a fire

pictures here

and here

and here


this is the second since feb both buses are of the same age and batch

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sister bus 2438 went up in flames yesterday afternoon this is now the 3rd bus all the same type from the same batch bluestar and evobus need to to find out whats going on fast

[snowman]

This is the nearest thread I could find to Go-Ahead South Coast.

Southern Vectis has won an 8 year school contract and invest £6m in twenty 70 seat double deckers and 23 new single decks.
There will also be some newly refurbished buses transferred from within the Go-Ahead group