A bus driver in Wuhan was burned and relentlessly evacuated passengers

At around 8:10 yesterday morning, when a Bus No. 756 was about to leave Wujiaotang Bus Station on Xiongchu Road, Wuchang, a sudden fire was set off at the front of the bus. The driver’s arm and hair were burned, and he reluctantly took more than 10 names. Passengers evacuated to get off. After the fire was extinguished by fire officers and soldiers, no one was injured except the driver was slightly burned.

Eyewitness

Car glass drop down

Yesterday at around 8:10 am, it was at the early morning peak of traffic. After the accident, the 756 bus was driven by Hubei Second Normal University toward Luxiang. After arriving at the Wujiaotang station of Xiongchu Avenue, some passengers got off and there were more than a dozen passengers on board. When the driver started the vehicle to leave the station, the front suddenly caught fire.

The squatting master who sells breakfast in front of the bus station saw the entire incident: the fire started from the front of the bus, the driver was young, his hands and face were burning, and the front and rear doors were still closed. He yelled at the passengers. Get off. In less than half a minute, more than a dozen passengers got out of the car.

Master Li on duty at a nearby bus dispatching station said that the fire soon engulfed the upper part of the car and rushed up to more than 10 meters. At the scene, the reporter saw that the leaves that were 45 meters above the ground were scorched above the bus.

A few minutes after the fire burned, the window glass of the bus dropped to the ground. The cleaner responsible for the road said that after the buses were towed, they spent half an hour cleaning the broken glass on the ground.

【Rescue】

Discover traces of natural gas leaks

At 8:11 in the morning, the Guanshan Fire Squadron immediately dispatched two fire engines and 12 officers and soldiers to the scene. At that time, the bus had already caught fire, and the traffic police had implemented temporary traffic control. The passengers on the bus had all been evacuated.

When the fire was extinguished, the fire brigade found a gas leakage from a small mouth behind the driver’s seat in the vehicle. After being confirmed by technicians and bus drivers, it was determined to be a natural gas leak point. The fire brigade immediately diluted the leak. The technician immediately blocked the air supply. More than 9 o'clock, the fire was extinguished and traffic returned to normal.

【driver】

Evacuation passengers close the main valve

The reporter learned from the city bus company that the driver who drove the bus was Wule, 31, who had been driving a bus for two years. After the fire broke out, Wu Le's first reaction was to evacuate the passengers in the car. After evacuating the passengers on the vehicle, Wu Le ran to the rear of the car and closed the gas valve on the gas storage tank.

Until the fire brigade extinguished the fire, Wu Lecai went to the city's three hospitals for inspection. Fortunately for no reason, after taking the medicine, he went home and rested. The total treatment cost was 180 yuan.

The related personnel of the company's five public transportation companies indicated that the bus for the incident was a pure natural gas powered bus and was put into use in 2007. This spontaneous combustion may be related to hot weather or natural gas leaks.

During the interview, the reporter learned that this is the first incident of spontaneous combustion of buses since Wuhan entered this summer.

Opposite the scene of the incident, there is the Wuhan Jiaotong School. The teacher of the school's auto teacher, Yang, witnessed the entire incident of spontaneous combustion.

Teacher Yang told the reporter that summer is a season of high auto-ignition, and that auto-ignition is generally caused by small problems that are not noticed by the general public. For example, the line is aging and peeling, and the wire is loose and short-circuited. After these problems occur, sparks or temperatures are reached. To a certain extent it will cause spontaneous combustion, and hot weather will accelerate the aging of plastic parts.

Ms. Yang introduced that in the summer, motor vehicles should be regularly checked to eliminate safety hazards in time. Drivers should provide vehicles with on-board fire extinguishers and be alert to car odors. Do not place flammable materials such as lighters and perfumes in the vehicles. For some old cars that have been in use for a long time, they must pay more attention to constantly check the condition of the vehicles.

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