IRELAND: Eireann bus crashes again; The expressway coach exploded

Donegal: An expressway coach caught fire yesterday in County Donegal. A bus caught fire shortly after leaving the station. 15 passengers of Bus Eireann Expressway coach escaped safely from the vehicle. The bus caught fire on the outskirts of Letterkenny at the Dry Arch roundabout at around 8.30pm.

The fire brigade and gardaí got there very quickly, but there was a huge traffic jam. Gardaí and other emergency services attended the scene and the road was immediately closed to allow firefighters to tackle the blaze, but the bus was destroyed by fire.

Passengers evacuated as Bus Éireann coach bursts into flames in Co Donegal https://t.co/kJEwn20TIR via @breakingnewsie
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The bus, which was traveling from Letterkenny to Dublin, had left the bus station two minutes before the incident. They revealed that a passenger, who asked not to be named, told the Donegal Daily News website that passengers had started hearing "small explosions". With that, smoke started rising inside the bus. One passenger opened the emergency exit and all the passengers got out. It is also reported that the passengers' luggage was unloaded from the bus before the fire broke out. Bus Eireann said it would conduct a thorough and thorough investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

This is the second accident this week. Some passengers were taken back to Letterkenny bus station, while others got a second bus for the journey to Dublin.

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