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Burnt out bus

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  • 17-11-2009 2:00pm
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    Mrs OBumble
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    Anyone know what caused the burnt-out bus that was trucked out of the yard behind the railway station last night? It looked pretty well roasted.

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    Mal-Adjusted
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    so THAT'S what i did last night!:rolleyes:


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    AdamantApproach
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    I'd guess that fire was the cause.


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    Cheshire Cat
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    That looks like a City Direct Bus, so the cause was probably old age and general neglect :mad:


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
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    I guess the wheels on this bus...
    *put's on glasses*
    Are burning rubber.

    http://www.epiconeliner.com/


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    Fey!
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    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    That looks like a City Direct Bus, so the cause was probably old age and general neglect :mad:

    Definitely a Bus Eireann bus - there's a panel beside the door that they missed!

    It could have been sitting back there for years.


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    donmeister
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    Looks perfectly usable to me.


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    LadyMayBelle
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    Definitely a Bus Eireann one; of the older variety...rotten smelly buses they were but lots of seats! It was probably out the back for ages


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    big b
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    ....check out our hot new fares....


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    KevR
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    Probably burst into flames spontaneously, what with the hot weather we've been having of late. :(


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    jd007
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    I don't see whats wrong with it, it still has 4 wheels and its well ventilated!


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    Das Kitty
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    It happens from time to time that spanners go up there setting fire to old buses. This is the first one in some time though. The last one I remember ended in tragedy. A man who had been refused access to Fairgreen House (have to be sober) used one of the buses to sleep in and picked one of 2 or 3 that got burned out that night. That was years ago.


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    quietobserver
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    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    That looks like a City Direct Bus, so the cause was probably old age and general neglect :mad:


    no thats a bus eireann bus, the colour scheme is bus eireanns. red with orange strip just below the burn lines


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    bigeasyeah
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    quietobserver wrote: »
    no thats a bus eireann bus, the colour scheme is bus eireanns. red with orange strip just below the burn lines

    Especially last night:)


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    Redhairedguy
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    I'm with Cheshire Cat on this one.

    I'd say it fell apart of it's own accord.

    On many occasions have I been on bus eireann buses which were literally on their last legs (or wheels). Belting down the road absorbing every pothole and sending people flying. Scandalous!


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    quotaj
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    Nothing a bit of late night expert googl'ing can't solve....

    I suspect this might be the bus...

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    Photos by a "Peter Boalch" on flickr with the description "On passing Mystical Rose nursing home on the outskirts of clare/galway,i came upon this school bus in flames.I don't think anyone was hurt. "

    Photo taken 20th December 2008

    I'd say the unburnt bus was something like this...

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