TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) — A tour bus touring between two cities in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka caught fireplace on an expressway Monday, though all 26 onboard together with the driving force managed to flee the inferno, native media mentioned.
According to native reviews, the fireplace division acquired an emergency name from the bus driver touring on the Kyushu Expressway’s outbound line at round 9:15 a.m. (0015 GMT).
The bus, which had departed from the town of Fukuoka and was heading on the expressway to Yanagawa City in the identical prefecture, apparently caught ablaze after a tire had burst, the driving force reportedly mentioned.
The blaze ensued and rapidly engulfed the automobile because it pulled right into a bus cease, however all these on board managed to evacuate the inferno with no person injured, native media mentioned.
A video taken from a passing automobile confirmed plumes of dense white smoke billowing from the wreckage and sweeping round 30 meters into the air and throughout the expressway as firefighters fought to carry the ferocious inferno below management.
The blaze was lastly extinguished by firefighters at round 11:00 a.m. (0200 GMT), with a picture of the bus taken after the fireplace was extinguished exhibiting nearly all of the automobile had been solely gutted by the blaze, with a lot of the home windows blown out and a big portion of the roof lacking.