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A fifty-seater bus was completely destroyed by a fire this Wednesday morning in Golfech, in Tarn-et-Garonne. Although the incident caused thick black smoke, no casualties were reported.
A bus with a capacity of fifty seats was completely destroyed by fire this Wednesday, November 27, 2024, around 9:40 a.m., in Golfech, in Tarn-et-Garonne.
On their arrival, firefighters from the Valence-d'Agen rescue center found the coach completely engulfed in flames. The extinction was carried out using two fire hoses. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The driver and a passenger who was going to Montauban to carry out repairs on this bus belonging to a company in Gironde had time to stop the machine in time when it started to catch fire.
The departmental roads D 813 and D 953, affected by the incident, were temporarily closed to traffic before the implementation of an alternating regulation system with the assistance of the gendarmerie. As the bus's fuel tanks were intact, any risk of pollution or environmental contamination was ruled out.
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The intervention continued until 10:47 a.m., when operations to lift the vehicle by a crane were still awaited. At the end of the afternoon, the firefighters returned to their emergency center, awaiting further intervention for the complete evacuation of the burnt vehicle using a crane.
Pierrette Charpentier, first deputy mayor of Golfech, accompanied by agents from the Tarn-et-Garonne departmental council, went to the site to coordinate the management of the event and support emergency operations.
Mayor Benoît Pascal, contacted by The Dispatchspecified that despite the initial thick black smoke, the inconvenience for local residents was limited.
