18 April 2013

Gas leak in a bus

| johnboy
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ACT Fire & Rescue are currently on scene at the Woden bus interchange, Callam Street, Phillip, attending to a gas leak inside a bus.

Bus and platform have been evacuated as a precaution.

Leak has been contained to the bus and will be removed from the area shortly.

5:51 PM

Correction- Gas leak was from the cylinder compartment on the roof of the bus and not in the passenger compartment.

Platforms remains evacuated as a precaution.

The relocation of the bus has been delayed unexpectedly.

7:58 PM

ACT Fire & Rescue has now departed the scene at the Woden Bus interchange.

9:15 PM

[Courtesy ESA]

UPDATE: Poptop has sourced some pictures of the incident:

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Can’t claim credit for the pics, other than for having friends who are more difficult to evacuate than Mordd, and for overruling the photographer’s opinion they were to dark and blurry to share.

Good job, secret photographer!

Poptop has kindly sent in some pictures now included.

JC said :

gooterz said :

This wouldn’t happen with light rail. QED

No but you could have the overhead wiring come down, with the same basic effect. Of course light rail cannot go everywhere a bus can go either, so not sure what your point is really.

Its what we call humour Mr Spock.

gooterz said :

This wouldn’t happen with light rail. QED

No but you could have the overhead wiring come down, with the same basic effect. Of course light rail cannot go everywhere a bus can go either, so not sure what your point is really.

Saw bus 338 being towed past Southlands last night, with a fire truck following closely behind.

That would really get up one’s nose.

This wouldn’t happen with light rail. QED

Beanz meanz fartz.

Tried to snap some pictures but got evacuated from the interchange so didn’t get a chance. Strong smell of gas in the area. Rear of the bus where the engine compartment is was all blackened and appeared it had caught fire. Buses were all queued up in the adjacent car park instead.

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