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Dublin Bus Bursts into Flames

  • 09-06-2014 07:54PM
    #1
    Fukuyama
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    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


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  • #2
    Riamfada
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    spontaneous combustion?


  • #3
    shopaholic01
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    ''Concerned onlookers, who quickly snapped images.'' :rolleyes:


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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


  • #5
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #6
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Riamfada wrote: »
    spontaneous combustion?

    I don't get it


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  • #7
    jimmii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Riamfada wrote: »
    spontaneous combustion?

    Well played sir well played.


  • #8
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    Someone should be fired over this.


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


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


  • #10
    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    Probably caused by a bad conductor.


  • #11
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


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


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  • #12
    roadsmart
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    Would this qualify as a ghost bus now?


  • #13
    Maphisto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Maphisto


    What's a bus?


  • #14
    crockholm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


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


  • #15
    Alf. A. Male
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Alf. A. Male


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


  • #16
    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    Alf. A. Male wrote: »
    That'll teach them to insist on exact fare from me :mad:

    Did they steal your stapler? :pac:


  • #17
    Peregrine
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    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'.


  • #18
    antodeco
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    Fare play to the fire brigade.


  • #19
    Yellowblackbird
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    That lad really took it bad when the driver said he's run him over.


  • #20
    RayM
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    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.


  • #21
    coffeepls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,604 ✭✭✭coffeepls


    Maphisto wrote: »
    What's a bus?

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


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  • #22
    mikom
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    "Fuckin' pegged it, he did".


  • #23
    Maphisto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Maphisto


    coffeepls wrote: »
    Jeeves tells me people use this bus thing for mass transportation... Ewww!

    That must come in awfully handy at times.


  • #24
    Amirani
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    UCDVet wrote: »
    Does anyone know what bus route this was on? Not that it matters, I'm just curious.

    It wasn't in service.


  • #25
    OneOfThem Stumbled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 936 ✭✭✭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.


  • #26
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    It wasn't in service.

    Ahh - sorry - ty.


  • #27
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


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


  • #28
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


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

    The 999 :pac:


  • #29
    Guy:Incognito
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    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?


  • #30
    Drakares
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭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 :confused:


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  • #31
    dfx-
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    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


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