50 children who went on a school outing on a bus had a big scare this Friday, June 10. The machine caught fire while it was on the Mamelles road. The fire caused no injuries.
Firefighters are currently working on departmental road 23, known as the Mamelles route, between Petit-Bourg and Pointe-Noire. A school bus making the crossing caught fire.
50 students from a primary school in Baie-Mahault and 7 accompanying adults were on board. They were going out to the Parc des Mamelles.
The driver, seeing sparks stopped, made all the passengers get off, while waiting for help. No injuries are reported.
The children, shocked, were picked up by another transport. According to the rectorate, the district inspector and the director of the establishment organized “the return of students to their school in Baie-Mahault“.
A listening unit will be set up to support those in need.
14 firefighters and an officer from the Petit-Bourg barracks took charge of this incident. Coming to the scene with a drone, they were able to observe a spread to the forest, which was quickly circumscribed.
Firefighters respond to a burning bus
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Quickly Trafikera informed motorists of the temporary closure of this section of road in order to ensure the safety of users, but also the maneuvers of firefighters. Shortly before noon, a traffic axis was opened.
However, users can access the Atlantic coast or the Caribbean coast by taking the RN2 and the RN1 specifies Trafikera.