Bus : ce qu'il faut savoir

Students from a secondary school in Co Clare had their school tour delayed when the bus they were travelling in caught fire on the M7 in Co Laois. Bus s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en Ireland ce jeudi.

Les faits

• Students from a secondary school in Co Clare had their school tour delayed when the bus they were travelling in caught fire on the M7 in Co Laois.
• Passengers on a bus travelling near the Tipperary Laois border were evacuated uninjured from a blaze which engulfed the vehicle on Thursday morning.
• Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a bus on fire near the M7, between junction 21, Borris-in-Ossory and junction 22, Roscrea, on Thursday, April 30, at around 8.15am.
• The bus is between junctions 21 and 22 of the M7 near Roscrea.
• The driver has been credited with bringing the students to safety after the fire took hold at the back of the bus.

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, Passengers on a bus travelling near the Tipperary Laois border were evacuated uninjured from a blaze which engulfed the vehicle on Thursday morning.

Sur le fond, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a bus on fire near the M7, between junction 21, Borris-in-Ossory and junction 22, Roscrea, on Thursday, April 30, at around 8.15am.

Concrètement, the bus is between junctions 21 and 22 of the M7 near Roscrea.

Au-delà de ce constat, the driver has been credited with bringing the students to safety after the fire took hold at the back of the bus.

Reste à préciser que Principal Rita Hehir said the school was "delighted to report that all students, the bus driver and staff are safe and nobody was injured.

Les chiffres

“The fire was safely extinguished,” said gardaí. “No injuries have been reported at this time.” The M7 between junctions 21 and 22 has reopened to traffic.

Plus précisément, the teenagers, from St Joseph's Community College in Kilkee, were on their way to Emerald Park in Co Meath when the blaze occurred shortly after 8am.

Dans la foulée, Emergency services attended the scene on the Dublin-bound carriageway of the M7 between the Roscrea and Borris-in-Ossory junctions.

À ce stade, both sides of the M7 were closed to traffic as firefighters brought the blaze under control.

Le contexte

Reste à préciser que the bus was entirely destroyed and the cause of the fire has not been ascertained at this stage.

À noter par ailleurs : a bus fire is causing major delays for motorists in the Midlands this morning.

Plus précisément, Tipperary Fire Service received the call-out at 8.20am.

Dans la foulée, Anyone travelling towards the town is being asked to get off the motorway at junction 21 which will be closed to Southbound traffic.

À ce stade, it is understood that another coach collected the students and brought them to the theme park.

Recherches associées

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À retenir

• The bus is between junctions 21 and 22 of the M7 near Roscrea.
• The driver has been credited with bringing the students to safety after the fire took hold at the back of the bus.
• The teenagers, from St Joseph's Community College in Kilkee, were on their way to Emerald Park in Co Meath when the blaze occurred shortly after 8am.
• Recherches qui explosent : Essonne : un bus tombe dans la Seine avec des passagers à bord, une conductrice en formation au volant, 1er-Mai : bus, métros, trams, navettes maritimes... quel transport en commun ouvert à Marseille ?, Attention, pas de tram ni de bus le 1er mai à Clermont-Ferrand et dans l'agglomération, Bordeaux : les transports en commun à l’arrêt ce vendredi 1er mai.