Bus burns to the ground
São Paulo: Passengers and driver escape the inferno
Horror scene in the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo: a public bus caught fire and rolled on uncontrollably, driverless and ablaze, before a power pole brought it to a halt.
According to the local newspaper "Revista Oeste", an electrical fault caused the fire in the vehicle belonging to the municipal bus company São Paulo Transporte (SPTrans).
Bus passengers escape inferno
According to the local authorities, the bus driver miraculously managed to get all the passengers and himself to safety in time before the flames quickly spread to the inside of the bus.
Video footage (see above) shows the abandoned bus rolling down a road as flames burst through the roof and out of the vehicle's broken windows and thick black smoke rises. Seconds later, the out-of-control bus crashed into a utility pole and a building.
Bus burns out completely
Although attempts were made to extinguish the flames, the SPTrans bus burned out completely in the incident on Monday, reported the New York Post. Miraculously, no one was injured, police said. The authorities are investigating the exact cause of the fire.
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