[kellyhound]

A natural gas-powered bus that didn't have any passengers on board caught fire from an explosion in Stockholm 7 days ago.

The city's police department tweeted that the bus driver was rushed to the hospital with severe burns but no one else was known to have been injured.

There were no signs it was terror-related and it is being investigated as a traffic incident, police said.

Photos and video footage from the scene showed the bus in flames and thick black smoke.

The bus appeared to have collided with barriers at the top of the shallow tunnel's entrance, causing a gas tank on the vehicle's roof to explode.

The out-of-service bus was on its way to a bus depot.

[Aries85]

Should have stayed above 50mph dude

[William May]

Originally Posted by Aries85 ↗

Should have stayed above 50mph dude

Or they should have hired Sandra Bullock to drive it. HER bus didn't blow up!

[minka1]

Did the person taking video think something was going to happen and not only kept a distance away but videoed it too? How? What? When?

So they have gas tanks on the roofs?! I guess that’s how the driver taping figured something might happen.

[AlvinKarpis]

Holy shitski!

[kellyhound]

A CNG bottle (Compressed Natural Gas) must have penetrated the roof of the bus and filled the bus with gas, according to the investigation. That is the official explanation for the massive explosive fire, from which the driver somewhat miraculously survived.

here were a number of shortcomings leading up to the accident where a CNG propelled bus was completely destroyed in an explosive fire at the Klara tunnel in Stockholm in March, according to an independent investigation commissioned by the bus company Keolis, which the radio station P4 Stockholm was the first to report .

In the report, staff in various positions at Keolis, including the driver, were interviewed.

When the bus was to leave the depot, a hose got stuck in the rear-view mirror, which led to the bus leaving a quarter hour past the schedule. The driver then drove the wrong way and headed towards the tunnel - which has a clearance that is too low for the bus to pass through. The driver didn´t see the warning sign, which according to the investigation, was difficult to perceive even at low speed.

Meanwhile, the driver was attempting to converse with traffic control via a difficult-to-operate communication radio with poor audibility.

Subsequently, the bus slammed into an obstruction intended to stop over size vehicles from being able to enter the tunnel. A CNG bottle (Compressed Natural Gas) was pushed down through the ceiling and gas flowed in to the bus. When ignited, the fire development was so rapid that the front window was pushed out. The four gas tanks that remained on the roof ignited and started contributing to the fire as well.

The bus company Keolis says in a statement that, among other things, it will review its training efforts and discuss with the municipality how the sign visibility at the tunnel can be improved.

[durt]

Busted