Bus burns out on the Bavarian motorway - bus driver becomes a hero - memories of 2017 are awakened

40 passengers on a bus were in mortal danger on the A93 motorway near Hof: The vehicle caught fire.

Memories of a disaster in 2017 were awakened.

• In the

  district of Hof

  , a bus burned on Friday afternoon (September 25, 2020) on the A93 motorway.

• 40 people were in mortal danger.

• The bus driver saved their lives with his courageous actions.

  The reason for the fire in the engine compartment is unclear.

Munich / Hof - In the

,

a bus burned

on Friday afternoon (September 25, 2020) on the

.

The accident occurred between the Regnitzlosau and Hof-Süd.

When the emergency services were called to the scene of the accident, memories of 2017 were immediately awakened for many of them: Just 30 kilometers away on the A9, a bus also burned down at that time -

.

Burning bus on the A93: memories of a bad bus accident come back to life

“We immediately sent all emergency services here.

In the ulterior motive, we had the

”explained Ralph Müller from the Hof traffic police. 

This time, however, luckily it turned out to be light - which is also

thanks to

the

the

.

The driver reacted quickly, pulled the bus to the shoulder and opened the door.

All 39 passengers and the driver himself were able to escape quickly into the open, although there were also older passengers among them - they were unharmed.

Hof / Regnitzlosau: Bus driver urges passengers to get off the bus immediately

"I think it certainly helped that the bus driver

passengers

to leave the bus immediately," says Thomas Schaller from the Rehau fire department to "news5.de".

They were also asked not to take any

with them.

. Fortunately, we no longer had to take care of evacuating people, so the focus was on fire fighting, ”said Schaller.

While the fire brigade put out the

, the passengers

were transported away

with a

.

The highway was completely closed.

Fortunately, despite the spectacular fire, the tragedy did not repeat itself.

The interior of the bus was smoky, even if the flames did not burst into it.

The

in the engine compartment of the bus is still

.

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