A bus hearth within the Spanish City depot of Jamaica’s St Catherine left one severely burned. As per reviews, the worker of the Jamaican City Transit firm (JUTC) was rushed to the hospital on Sunday night.
Authorities said that the reason for the fireplace stays unknown, and the investigations are ongoing.
This occasion induced extreme damage to one of many buses which was utterly engulfed in flames. Nonetheless, the remainder of the 2 buses had minor injury as a result of warmth induced from the fireplace.
Dennis Lyon, the appearing assistant commissioner in command of the Jamaica hearth Brigade’s space 3, stated that the JUTC unit was already caught up between excessive flames earlier than the firefighters from the Spanish City Station arrived on the place of the accident.
In line with Lyon, the firefighters have been knowledgeable in regards to the incident at 9:27 pm . Notably, he additional stated that the JUTC worker was taken to the hospital simply earlier than the arrival of the fireplace brigade personnel.
The transport minister Daryl Vaz who’s at present in another country, additionally confirmed that solely one of many buses acquired broken and additional investigations are nonetheless ongoing.
“There’s an investigation by the fireplace brigade and the police. I’ve my very own suspicions, however I’ll await the police and the fireplace brigade to offer an official report earlier than making additional feedback,” stated minister Daryl Vaz.
He additional stated that the investigations will decide if any extra security measures are required to safeguard the depot from any comparable occurrences sooner or later.
“I’ll remark extra on the end result of the investigation and the plan to implement higher safety measures in relation to sure actions which are plaguing the JUTC,” Vaz additionally commented.
