Sixty-two people cheated death yesterday when a Citiliner
cross-border bus they were travelling in caught fire about 40 km along the
Beitbridge-Masvingo Road yesterday morning.
Miraculously, none of the passengers were injured in the
incident that occurred around 5AM.
Although some passengers alleged they lost luggage in the
inferno, a spokesperson for Greyhound bus company that runs Citiliner said all
the luggage was saved.
Matabeleland South Police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector
Loveness Mangena said the bus was travelling from Johannesburg in South Africa heading to Harare.
“There were 62 passengers on board. When the bus reached
the 246,5 km peg along the Masvingo Beitbridge road, one passenger, who was
sitting at the back noticed some smoke coming from the rear side of the bus.
“He alerted the driver who stopped the bus and evacuated
all the passengers and part of the goods from the bus and trailer, ”she said.
She said the bus suddenly burst into a ball of fire, before
the passengers could offload all the goods.
Assistant Inspector Mangena said property worth hundreds of
dollars was destroyed in the fire.
She said no-one was injured although the bus and the
trailer were extensively damaged.
“The cause of the fire is still under investigations,” said
Assistant Inspector Mangena.
Recently eight people were killed when a South African
registered Toyota Quantum they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck
10km along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road, near Naude area. Chronicle
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