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News24 reports that an Intercape long-distance bus went up in flames near the Cape Town train station on Friday afternoon. Thick black smoke could be seen in the air as commuters stood in disbelief during the incident.
Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for the City of Cape Town's fire service department, said teams were alerted that a bus had caught fire near the station just after 15:00. The bus company indicated: "We can confirm that one of our buses caught fire after arriving at Cape Town station from Pretoria. This happened after all passengers had disembarked. The cause is unknown and the incident will be thoroughly investigated. No injuries were sustained." Two passengers, Hluphi Thabethe and Duduzile Radebe, remarked: "We didn't experience any problems, but I heard the driver on a call at Park Station, in Joburg, saying he was not comfortable driving the bus cause it had issues with the lights. And now we see the flames from the bus." She said something fell from under the bus, next to the tyres, and "then the tyres caught fire, and the bus caught fire". Some passengers could not take their bags from the trailer. Radebe said: “The bus had about 20 people. We are devastated because the fire happened so fast and this was less than five minutes after we got off.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons, Mothushi Thoka & Chelsea Ogilvie at News24
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