Dublin Bus Bursts into Flames

Fukuyama

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/pictured-bus-catches-fire-harolds-3665620

Happened at Harold's Cross apparently.

Jun 09, 2014 13:43 By Brynmor Pattison 0 Comments
The Dublin Bus vehicle was seen with smoke billowing from it this afternoon

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A bus has been pictured going up in flames after it caught fire during service hours today.

The bus was spotted blazing through Harold's Cross in Dublin by concerned onlookers, who quickly snapped images.

Smoke can be seen billowing from the fire, which appeared to have started in the back left of the vehicle at around 1pm.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Harold's Cross road in the capital.

A Dublin Fire Brigade spokesman said that nobody was injured in the blaze.

He said: "The fire's out. Three units of the fire brigade responded to the scene around an hour ago, and nobody was injured."

Dublin: Harolds Cross Road inbound is currently closed to traffic @Harolds Cross Park due to a Bus on fire. Emergency Services are at scene.

— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) June 9, 2014
Gardai said the inbound road had been closed off to traffic.

AA Roadwatch said the bus was outside the hospice on the road and warned those nearby to take care.

Dublin bus has burst into flames on the Harold's Cross Road. pic.twitter.com/Bkof6pOCgC

— Aingeala Flannery (@missflannery) June 9, 2014

Riamfada

spontaneous combustion?

shopaholic01

''Concerned onlookers, who quickly snapped images.'' :rolleyes:

Was it a runaway bus? I can't tell from reports.

MagicMarker

Jesus! That could have ended up much much worse! I usually sit down the back at the bottom, the thoughts of getting caught in that is quite frightening.

Frosty McSnowballs

Riamfada wrote: »

spontaneous combustion?

I don't get it

jimmii

Riamfada wrote: »

spontaneous combustion?

Well played sir well played.

UCDVet

Someone should be fired over this.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Oh, A Dublin bus! I thought by the title that the company had gone up in smoke.

roadsmart

Probably caused by a bad conductor.

UCDVet

Does anyone know what bus route this was on? Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

roadsmart

Would this qualify as a ghost bus now?

Maphisto

What's a bus?

crockholm

A part of me was actually hoping that a bus bursted into (closed?) rathmines chipper "Flames". Fat bus driver was v. hungry.

Alf. A. Male

That'll teach them to insist on exact fare from me :mad:

solomafioso

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

That'll teach them to insist on exact fare from me :mad:

Did they steal your stapler? :pac:

Peregrine

I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called: 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'.

antodeco

Fare play to the fire brigade.

Yellowblackbird

That lad really took it bad when the driver said he's run him over.

RayM

A Dublin Fire Brigade spokesman said that nobody was injured in the blaze.

He said: "The fire's out. Three units of the fire brigade responded to the scene around an hour ago, and nobody was injured."

Typical - you wait ages for a fire engine and then three come along at once.

coffeepls

Maphisto wrote: »

What's a bus?

Jeeves tells me people use this bus thing for mass transportation... Ewww!

mikom

"Fuckin' pegged it, he did".

Maphisto

coffeepls wrote: »

Jeeves tells me people use this bus thing for mass transportation... Ewww!

That must come in awfully handy at times.

Amirani

UCDVet wrote: »

Does anyone know what bus route this was on? Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

It wasn't in service.

OneOfThem Stumbled

The bus was spotted blazing through Harold's Cross in Dublin by concerned onlookers, who quickly snapped images.

"Never in my life have I seen a bus move that fast in Donnybrook" quoted one shocked onlooker.

UCDVet

Diego Simeone wrote: »

It wasn't in service.

Ahh - sorry - ty.

Arthur Beesley

I heard a junkie accidentally set himself on fire and the fire spread.

arybvtcw0eolkf

UCDVet wrote: »

Does anyone know what bus route this was on? Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

The 999 :pac:

Guy:Incognito

MagicMarker wrote: »

Jesus! That could have ended up much much worse! I usually sit down the back at the bottom, the thoughts of getting caught in that is quite frightening.

Has it never occurred to you that the most likely cause of a fire to start (outside of some scrote lighting one) is the engine?

Drakares

shopaholic01 wrote: »

''Concerned onlookers, who quickly snapped images.'' :rolleyes:

I never get people who do this. The same when there's some scumbags having a fight on the side of the road.. People whipping out their phones to record

dfx-

UCDVet wrote: »

Does anyone know what bus route this was on? Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

It was a Ringsend garage bus, presumably heading out to start service on the 49 or 15A/B

OneEightSeven

Drakares wrote: »

I never get people who do this. The same when there's some scumbags having a fight on the side of the road.. People whipping out their phones to record

What do you want them to do, pee on the bus to put it out? If someone rang the fire brigade already, you might as well record it.

smellmepower

mikom wrote: »

"Fuckin' pegged it, he did".

''With the muck on them windows?''

Odyssey 2005

Good to see that Dublin Bus can afford to give their Chief Investigator a personalised Hi-viz-vest. H&S will be pleased.:rolleyes:

Oh, it was on fire? I thought it was just really fast.

Ghost Train

Well that's what you get for stopping on a yellow box

shopaholic01

OneEightSeven wrote: »

What do you want them to do, pee on the bus to put it out? If someone rang the fire brigade already, you might as well record it.

Record it for what - prosperity? Why do people feel the need to record everything now?

Calibos

There are reports that the passengers were singing as they got off the Bus.

Stop de Bus, We need to FLEE FLEE!!...Stop de Bus, we need to Flee flee!!

wil

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I don't get it

Wouldn't expect you to.
All you need to know is less fancy people use them for transport.
You might have spotted one from the air, they are a little taller but not quite as long as your usual day to day limo:cool:

FortuneChip

UCDVet wrote: »

Does anyone know what bus route this was on? Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

Fairly sure it was the 77a I was on today.
I got on opposite Watergate park shortly after 12. Driver said he was having problems with the bus (didn't take payments, cheers!), and had been in touch with dispatch or whatever to get another bus out (don't know what help that did, we basically got on the next scheduled bus).

I sat down the back on the bottom floor, the smell of petrol fumes was horrible.
The bus barely made it to the next stop at Old Bawn (about 300 metres, took all of five minutes), and he told all that it was a loss cause, so we'd all have to leave the vehicle and get the next bus.

I didn't find out about any fire until I got into work later (so it may have been a different bus, but doesn't seem likely).

krudler

shopaholic01 wrote: »

''Concerned onlookers, who quickly snapped images.'' :rolleyes:

What would you do? pull out your fire putting out equipment and set to work?

Wacker The Attacker

The writer was very careful to tell us that there was smoke coming from this fire.

That's an awesome fire

shopaholic01

krudler wrote: »

What would you do? pull out your fire putting out equipment and set to work?

Ring the fire brigade and carry on with my day. I'd hardly be overly concerned if I just stood there recording it. It's not something I'd look at in years to come.

Wacker The Attacker

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

I heard a junkie accidentally set himself on fire and the fire spread.

Set them all on fire.


wha wha wha

Peregrine

There were some worried faces on my Dublin Bus today when the driver stopped on the side of the road and hurried out to the back of the bus


It was a flat tyre.

Annasopra

What happened the story on Thejournal.ie about this story?

kylith

MagicMarker wrote: »

Jesus! That could have ended up much much worse! I usually sit down the back at the bottom, the thoughts of getting caught in that is quite frightening.

You'd be right beside the emergency exit in that case.

MRnotlob606

i would say this is paranormal

galwayredgirl

Why do buses seem to have a habit of just going up in flames? - It happens with shocking regularity!