PHOTOS: 47 Escape Unhurt as Bus Bursts Into Flames

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A bus burst into flames on Wednesday morning with 47 passengers on board along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.

According to reports, the commuters managed to escape unhurt after the incident occurred at Ivingoni area.

Here are the photos:

The authorities are yet to establish the cause of the fire even as such incidents become more common.

Earlier in October, a Modern Coast bus burst into flames while at Samburu, Kwale County.

The bus is reported to have been empty at the time of the incident, therefore, no casualties were reported.

Kwale County Commissioner Karuku Ngumo confirmed the incident adding that the bus had come from Mombasa.

“No one was injured as it would appear that the bus had no passengers at the time,” Ngumo reported.

Similarly, in September, arlier in the, a matatu ferrying passengers along Juja Road, Nairobi also burst into flames.

The passengers were lucky to escape unhurt. Driver and owner of the 14-seater, Mr James Muigai reports having heard a blast from the engine before the car lit up.

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