http://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/1653838/listen--first-york-praises-drivers-actions-in-bus-fire-incident/ LISTEN: First York praises driver's actions in bus fire incident 25th June 2015
[image / Julian Rudd http://cml.sad.ukrd.com/image/429825.jpg (ebus fire) http://cml.sad.ukrd.com/image/429849.jpg http://cml.sad.ukrd.com/image/429828.jpg audio http://cml.sad.ukrd.com/audio/429886.mp3 LISTEN: Julian Rudd Eyewitness tells 104.7 Minster FM what he saw http://cml.sad.ukrd.com/audio/429888.mp3 LISTEN: Ben Gilligan MD of First York - says the driver was a superstar ] The driver of a First York Park and Ride has been praised for the way they dealt with a fire on an electrict bus in Stonebow this lunchtime. At approximately 11.45 am today an electric vehicles on Service 9 from Monks Cross travelling into York was involved in a thermal incident on Stonebow in York. The driver was alerted by a warning light and immediately stopped the vehicle in a safe location. He quickly evacuated the vehicle carrying approximately a dozen customers. There are no reported injuries. Stonebow is currently closed to deal with the incident and there are reports of traffic now building up in the area due to diversions. Neil Ferris, assistant director for Transport at City of York Council, added: “Our primary concern is the safety and wellbeing of passengers and although it’s not clear what caused the fire, we have asked First Bus, as the operator of the Park&Ride service, to investigate this incident as a matter of urgency.” First York Statement in full At approximately 11.45 am today one of our electric vehicles on service 9 travelling into York was involved in a thermal incident on Stonebow in York. Our driver was alerted by a warning light and immediately stopped the vehicle in a safe location. He quickly evacuated the vehicle carrying approximately a dozen customers. There are no reported injuries. The incident was attended by the emergency services and the vehicle was recovered at approximately 1.15pm. An immediate investigation has been launched. Will Pearson, Business Manager of First York said, "I'd like to thank our driver and the emergency services for their swift action in evacuating customers and bringing this incident under control. "Thermal incidents are rare but very serious. We have launched an immediate evacuation into the cause of the incident." Neil Ferris, assistant director for Transport at City of York Council, said: it was clearly a distressing incident but the actions of the bus driver prevented any serious casualties.First [© Minster FM 2015] ... http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/passengers-escape-bus-fire-in-city-centre-1-7328037 ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-33273548 ... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/13353555.Bus_fire_in_York___Witnesses_tell_of_explosion___Stonebow_re_opened___electric_fleet_to_remain_on_the_road___UPDATED_3_10pm/ ... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/13353555.Bus_on_fire_in_York___Witnesses_tell_of_explosion___Businesses_evacuated___UPDATED_12_40pm/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_park_and_ride York Park and Ride services https://www.york.gov.uk/parking/ride/ ... http://www.eurotransportmagazine.com/16170/news/industry-news/new-fleet-of-fully-electric-buses-for-park-ride-scheme/ New fleet of fully electric buses for Park & Ride scheme 20 May 2015 ... six new Optare Versas buses have been introduced ... http://media.eurotransportmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/New-fully-electric-fleet-of-buses-for-Park-Ride-scheme-2.jpg ... http://www.optare.com/news/2015/5/19/more-electric-optare-versas-for-york The UK’s top Park&Ride (P&R) service is further expanding its offer to customers by introducing a new fully electric fleet of Optare buses at Monks Cross Park&Ride. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optare_Versa ... http://www.optare.com/versa Optare Versa ... http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/news/13347930.Optare_impresses_Swedish_transport_operators_with_electric_bus_offering/ Optare impresses Swedish transport operators with electric bus ... Jun 23, 2015 For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Fire-York-uk-Optare-Versa-Park-Ride-ebus-thermal-incident-tp4676505.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
