To: SpottedBeaver
The bus stopped earlier in the trip because of a flat tire. The driver took the bus to a shop and bought and replaced the tire. A shop mechanic also looked at the brake line and said that there was a problem and a potential for a fire caused by the brakes.It caught fire exactly as the mechanic warned. Oxygen carried on board, aggravated and fueled the fire.
Oh man...Were now hearing 25 dead.....
123 posted on
09/23/2005 7:42:39 AM PDT by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: Black Tooth
Tragedy.
The last I heard was that they are also reporting that nine have been transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital's Emergency Burn Unit.
128 posted on
09/23/2005 7:54:48 AM PDT by
SpottedBeaver
(Allen, TX -- Directly North of Dallas -- I'm down the street from FReeper L,TOWM)
To: Black Tooth
Has anyone on this thread ever in their lives heard of a bus fire caused by bad brakes? I haven't, yet - right in the middle of a major evacuation - it happens. I'm not a church-going man, but this almost seems demonic.
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