A bus caught fire at the Tampines bus interchange today
(Oct 28) at 2pm. Eyewitness, STOMPer Del, said
that the bus captains tried to help to put out the fire before SCDF
arrived on the scene.
The STOMPer recounted:
“I was returning back to the office after lunch with my
colleagues when we witnessed the bus catching fire
there.
“We saw that the bus captains tried to help put out the fire
before the fire engines arrived on the scene.
“The SCDF came and they used their fire hose and attached it
to the water point near the bus interchange canteen
there.
“There was a hole in the rubber and the water started
leaking.
“The SCDF guys tied up the part of the hose that had a hole
but the water continued to leak.”
STOMPer Muhd Haziq was also nearby and he sent in
some photos of the incident.
STOMP contacted the SCDF and a spokesman said:
“We received a call about the fire at 2pm.
“We dispatched two fire engines to the scene.
“The fire involved the engine compartment of an off-service
bus.
The fire was extinguished with one water jet within eight
minutes.
“No one was hurt.”
Source:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/483814/bus_catches_fire_at_tampines_interchange.html
Ah, it has finally caught fire. Took this bus almost every other
day for the past 4 years on Svc 69 and was wondering daily when the
engine or gearbox might blow up. You know, the bus can't seem to
shift gears at all until it reaches max rpm. Seriously, never seen
another B10M rev that high. It's literally screaming before the
gearbox shifts with a huge jerk. Once saw the Rev counter hit
2800RPM before shifting. Another fun fact about the bus: The
interior smells like crayons somehow.
Oops. Thank goodness I took it a few days ago, but it's gearbox
seems to be fixed when I took it that day, no high revving like in
SBS987D during last year(now fixed also). Anyway my fav type of bus
is also strider, so I hope it can be repaired=(
