29-seat bus caught fire on the highway, passengers ran away in panic

A passenger bus was traveling on the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong highway when it suddenly caught fire and burned fiercely, many passengers ran for their lives.

Initial information, at about 12:40 pm on February 4 (8th day of Lunar New Year), a 29-seat passenger bus carrying many people was traveling on the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong Expressway from the West to Ho Chi Minh City, when reaching km 17 (section belonging to Ben Luc district, Long An province), it suddenly caught fire and then burned fiercely. Many passengers on the bus quickly escaped to the ground safely before the fire broke out.

Standing a kilometer away, you can still see the black smoke rising on the highway.

A passenger bus burst into flames on the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong highway at noon on the 8th day of Tet (photo: FB)

Upon receiving the news, the authorities dispatched two water trucks and many soldiers to the scene to extinguish the fire.

According to Mr. Phung Van On, Deputy Head of the Traffic Safety Committee of Long An Province, as soon as the vehicle was discovered on fire, the driver quickly pulled the vehicle to the side of the road so that nearly 30 passengers could escape safely. The fire was so big that by the time rescuers arrived, the vehicle was completely burned.

The passenger bus was burned down.

According to Dan Viet