Bus bursts into flames on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge
3 years ago by Rusty Raven to c/melbourne
A bit dramatic - buses do not seem to be doing well lately.
It sounds like the bus was empty and no one hurt, but traffic obviously is a mess.
Well, I was thinking more about the other ones…
Usually the front doesn’t fall off.
A person who was actually on that bus posted on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/14vqcgo/the_232_bus_i_was_on_earlier_blew_up_on_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1 Sounds like it was very lucky that there weren't many people on the bus... Terrifying!!
I don’t mean to speak ill of buses, but I have to agree with you. Of all our public transport - whether it be trams, trains or, yes, buses - buses are by far the most dramatic. I just don’t know what’s going on with them!
Electric vehicles don't catch fire very often, but when they do it's really hard to put out, and the water used to do so is contaminated with lithium. Because of the chemical reactions occuring they can reignite spontaneously too. Some places they have giant containers that the car can be put into and filled with water, and there are also systems being developed to continuously flow water through the battery. It is definitely a major issue for fire fighters to deal with when it occurs.
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Good god what is going on with buses in this country?!
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