Bus catches fire on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City

Published January 16, 2014 10:56pm

A passenger bus caught fire along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Thurdsay night, setting two nearby establishments on fire.

According to Super Radyo dzBB reporter Divine Reyes, witnesses saw a Fermina Express bus stop near Gate 1 of Commonwealth Village as a fire started in the engine.

Passengers quickly got off the bus, which then slid backward and hit a store selling chemical storage drums and a factory that makes calendars, the report aired on dzBB said.

PHOTO: Kuha ng nasusunog na bus sa Commonwealth Ave. malapit sa Commonwealth Village, QC. pic.twitter.com/UfTtU3i03t | via @yourstootie
— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) January 16, 2014

"Kadikit ng tindahan ng mga drum ay pabrika ng mga kalendaryo kaya napakalakas ng apoy," Reyes said in the report.

Nasusunog na bus sumalpok sa mga bahay. 3rd alarm itinaas na ng BFP. @dzbb @gmanews pic.twitter.com/XgIh1NWRjh
— divinecaraecle (@divinecaraecle) January 16, 2014

The fire was on Third Alarm as of this post, meaning Quezon City firefighters have been deployed to the scene. Fires that reach Fourth and Fifth Alarms require a response from firefighters in the region or district.

No one was reported injured as passengers managed to get out before the fire broke out.

Fermina Express is owned by the same family that owns Don Mariano Transit Corp., the bus firm that had its franchise revoked over an accident that killed 21 people in December. — JDS, GMA News

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