Passengers unhurt as bus burns on Lunga Lunga highway
A Tanzania-bound bus burns on the Likoni-Lunga Lunga highway after catching fire on April 5, 2018. Only one passenger out of the 39 in the bus was injured during the incident. PHOTO | COURTESY
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- Lunga Lunga Deputy County Commissioner, Mr Josphat Biwott, said they have started investigations to establish the cause of the fire.
One passenger has sustained a slight injury as 38 others escaped unhurt after a bus they were travelling in from Mombasa heading to Tanzania caught fire on the Likoni-Lunga Lunga highway at Mrima, in Lunga Lunga constituency.
The public service vehicle was reduced to a shell after efforts to contain the fire failed during the 8:30 am incident.
"There were 39 passengers and all are safe except a woman who slightly twisted her leg as she tried to escape through the window," he said.
The bus was reduced to ashes after efforts to contain the fire failed. One passenger incurred a slight injury during the April 5, 2018 incident on the Likoni-Lunga Lunga highway. The bus was headed to Tanzania from Mombasa with 39 passengers. PHOTO | COURTESY
Lunga Lunga Deputy County Commissioner, Mr Josphat Biwott, said they have started investigations to establish the cause of the fire.
