A normal bus burned in the Novosibirsk region, passengers managed to evacuate, informs agency Gorsite.
The incident occurred on the morning of May 2 in the Dovolensky district. The Regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reported that 36 people were evacuated by their own means before the fire crews arrived, and there was no loss of life. Passengers were sent to the village of Dovolnoe by another bus. The area of the fire was 21 square meters.
Firefighters reached the emergency scene within ten minutes, during which the bus was completely burned. According to one of the passengers going from the village of Utyanka to the village of Dovolnoye, people from different villages were traveling on the bus.
“There were a lot of people on the bus. People went to the hospital, some for reading, some for other work. The bus is old and falling apart. They promised to buy a new one, but they didn’t. People climbed through the windows to escape,” he said.
Previously reportedThat the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to start a criminal case regarding the fact of hitting a child in Sormov.