9642P on fire at AMK

Merczrox SG

I and my friends witnessed 9642P on 166 towards Ang Mo Kio direction catching fire at it's rear engine and aircon compartment and burning down along Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 at 240pm.The situation looked quite serious with the bus's rear burning like nobody's business.We were on 9525U on 132 right behind it when we witnessed it burning down.Wonder what happened after that.I wonder what would the fate of 9642P would be.

And well,what do u know.I just remembered this coindicentially.9642P is an AMDEP DD.Not another AMDEP DD to burn down just like that after the 6 DDs burned down inside the depot.Losing DD after DD.What the hell is going on inside AMDEP..

QX179R SG

?caused by electrical fault..

seems like there's an increase in cases of vehicles catching fire & when I say vehicles, I don't just mean buses only..

SBS2601D SG

Think 9013E.

lce SG

dun pinpoint the fault if u dun noe

fire can be coz by few other reasons

SBS 1000U SG

That's sad.

Hope SBST can salvage the bus by getting spare engines from the deregistered VO2xes...

AEW5001 SG

?caused by electrical fault..

seems like there's an increase in cases of vehicles catching fire & when I say vehicles, I don't just mean buses only..

i boarded 9642 on 133 last wed.

engine alr had problem. was over-revving throughout the journey.

if this bus shld be de-regged, let it be.

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

hmm engine overheat?

Haiz

another DD..

service_238 SG

ex-eighty eight

SGCar SG

If main chassis was damaged, doubt can salvage. Electrical shortage can always lead to fire, and it might not be the electrician fault, sometimes it was bcos rats will bite the electrical wiring and cause short circuit. Some of my experience sharing.

Cheers.

TIB783G SG

I don't think it is due to eletrical faults, but I feel it was under-maintained and it did not have enough rest.

Gus.chong SG

That's sad.

Hope SBST can salvage the bus by getting spare engines from the deregistered VO2xes...

I hope so. Don't even know how many DDs have been burnt down.

SBS2601D SG

When 9642P was under 88, I still remember this bus was a sweet bus to take. Very comfortable and mechanically as good as could be.

Merczrox SG

i boarded 9642 on 133 last wed.

engine alr had problem. was over-revving throughout the journey.

if this bus shld be de-regged, let it be.

Yeah correct.That was exactly what i and my friends saw b4 the bus caught fire.The bus was chionging like crazy all the way along Upp Thomson Rd to Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 and i saw the BC kept flooring the bus even more..Even when we 1st saw the fire which had just started and was small at 1st,the BC was still flooring the bus which we saw in our own eyes in turn sparked off the fire bigger and spread into the rear engine and aircon compartments.

^tamago^ SG

i boarded 9642 on 133 last wed.

engine alr had problem. was over-revving throughout the journey.

if this bus shld be de-regged, let it be.

ZF transmission problem?

Merczrox SG

I wonder if the bus has nw been laid up alr??Hopefully the fire stayed at the rear section of the bus as we saw it that day and didnt spread to the front part at all..

QX179R SG

nope, just checked & still not on lay-up status..

Merczrox SG

I see..I just wish nth bad would happen to it and am hoping for the best.I am not at all prepared to see us losing more and more DDs slowly after the 6 DDs losed at one shot which is alr very bad enough.

jayh272416 SG

BC kept driving even though the bus was already on fire?
O_O

CITARO LOV3R SG

wah fire start still *flooring* ah... whats the BC up to sia one more bus gone case like that

carbikebus SG

Eh i thought if engine on fire it will automatically shut off?Applied to Volvo,MBs and Scanias buses.