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Passenger evacuated after bus fire
A BUS carrying ten passengers had to be evacuated after a fire broke out.
A small fire started in the engine compartment of the vehicle at around 5pm as it travelled along Station Road, Beaconsfield, close to the junction with Candlemas Lane.
The driver was able to remove everyone from the bus and start to put the fire out before a crew from Beaconsfield Fire Station finished the job.
Frasier Pearson, head of communications at Bucks Fire and Rescue, said: "Before it had taken hold, the driver was able to stop the vehicle safely, see everyone off it and without opening the engine compartment, started to tackle the fire with a foam extinguisher. So he did all the right things.
"The fire fighters then finished off with the hose reel."
6:35pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: kazza, high wycombe on 7:34pm Tue 6 May 08
shame it wasn;t parked near eden!!!
shame it wasn;t parked near eden!!!
Posted by: the inspector, High Wycombe on 8:34pm Tue 6 May 08
Oh please! all this anti-Eden talk is just getting boring now. Get over it or move!
Oh please! all this anti-Eden talk is just getting boring now. Get over it or move!
Posted by: Ivor on 9:52pm Tue 6 May 08
[quote][bold]the inspector[/bold] wrote:
Oh please! all this anti-Eden talk is just getting boring now. Get over it or move![/quote] No. It just shows the level of feeling against the complex in the town. Perhaps something should be done to address the problem of the complex rather than asking the towns people to move?
If the towns people are being asked to move as a result of the complex then firstly it is an admission of the failure of the complex and secondly it will only stoke up even greater anger in the towns people against the complex.
the inspector wrote:
Oh please! all this anti-Eden talk is just getting boring now. Get over it or move!
No. It just shows the level of feeling against the complex in the town. Perhaps something should be done to address the problem of the complex rather than asking the towns people to move?
If the towns people are being asked to move as a result of the complex then firstly it is an admission of the failure of the complex and secondly it will only stoke up even greater anger in the towns people against the complex.
Posted by: woooooopy, wycombe on 11:17pm Tue 6 May 08
what ARE you going on about?! this is an article about a bus catching fire, not another rant about Eden! I agree with the inspector, all this anti-Eden stuff is getting rather boring now!
what ARE you going on about?! this is an article about a bus catching fire, not another rant about Eden! I agree with the inspector, all this anti-Eden stuff is getting rather boring now!
Posted by: R of Wycombe, High Wycombe on 6:42am Wed 7 May 08
It's simple really, Eden is like Marmite, (and i don't mean the guy who posts on here ), you either love it or hate it, either way you have to accept it's there for those that want it. If you don't want it, then just walk past it.
It's simple really, Eden is like Marmite, (and i don't mean the guy who posts on here ), you either love it or hate it, either way you have to accept it's there for those that want it. If you don't want it, then just walk past it.
Posted by: sr on 11:07am Wed 7 May 08
colour?
Posted by: R of Wycombe, High Wycombe on 11:43am Wed 7 May 08
[quote]colour?[/quote] Blackened i'd say
colour?
Blackened i'd say
Posted by: Julie Rogers, High Wycombe on 1:26pm Wed 7 May 08
Back to the fire on the bus. I think the driver should be commended for his fast thinking & actions that brought it to a safe conclusion.
Back to the fire on the bus. I think the driver should be commended for his fast thinking & actions that brought it to a safe conclusion.
Posted by: the inspector, High Wycombe on 2:35pm Wed 7 May 08
Indeed Julie, and thankfully no one was hurt.
Indeed Julie, and thankfully no one was hurt.
Posted by: Tardis, Princes Risborough, Bucks on 8:32pm Wed 7 May 08
If the bus companies keep shipping 13 year old+ buses into the local depots as 'new' then we should expect breakdowns and the odd fire or two as the norm. Disgraceful; let's have some new buses- 300 route take note!
If the bus companies keep shipping 13 year old+ buses into the local depots as 'new' then we should expect breakdowns and the odd fire or two as the norm. Disgraceful; let's have some new buses- 300 route take note!
Posted by: CHEWBY, HW on 8:49pm Wed 7 May 08
Which Bus company was this?
Which Bus company was this?
Posted by: Kadoogan, Wycombe on 9:02am Thu 8 May 08
I would guess it was an Arriva bus, as I'm not sure Carousel serve Beaconsfield. Arriva buses break down on a regular basis anyway. I pine for the days of Wycombe Bus Company. They weren't perfect by any stretch of the imagination but their buses pretty much always turned up in my experience. With Arriva you can be standing in the bus station waiting for a bus to leave, then when you finally ask at the 'helpdesk' they tell you they don't have enough drivers, or the bus has broken down. So why not tell the people that are waiting? Arriva are a joke, and unfortunately have become a bigger joke since the new station opened.
I would guess it was an Arriva bus, as I'm not sure Carousel serve Beaconsfield. Arriva buses break down on a regular basis anyway. I pine for the days of Wycombe Bus Company. They weren't perfect by any stretch of the imagination but their buses pretty much always turned up in my experience. With Arriva you can be standing in the bus station waiting for a bus to leave, then when you finally ask at the 'helpdesk' they tell you they don't have enough drivers, or the bus has broken down. So why not tell the people that are waiting? Arriva are a joke, and unfortunately have become a bigger joke since the new station opened.
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