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Stansted Bus Fire

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LOL The Irony

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Another Citaro fire. This time a rigid instead of an artic.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...breaks-out-in-front-of-terminal-a3803096.html
A huge blaze metres from the main terminal at Stansted Airport has threatened "hours" of disruption for those planning an Easter getaway.

Part of the major travel hub was evacuated after a shuttle bus burst into flames at a drop off point outside the building on Good Friday.

Passengers described “chaos” as they were forced to leave the airport.

They were later allowed to re-enter but those due to travel tonight were advised to contact their airline for updates.

Dozens of people were then forced to be “re-sceened through security” before being allowed to fly sparking fears of “hours of delays” for passengers.
 
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Mikey C

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The London Citaro bendys had a tendency to self destruct too...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-43601949

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Samuel88

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What's more unbelievable is Stansted cancelled most of their flights last night just because of a small bus fire!
 

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What's more unbelievable is Stansted cancelled most of their flights last night just because of a small bus fire!
That was down to the fact they evacuated all of the (non-screened) landside passengers into airside to get them away from the smoke etc and meant they had to cancel the remainder of the day until they could secure the airside area again.
 

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Not the first Citaro, or 2nd for that matter to go up in flames this month!
 
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