A bus in Nanjing suddenly caught fire while driving today, and the bus was burned into an empty shell in a short time. Official reports said two passengers died and five were injured. It is reported that a lithium battery carried by a passenger was caused by spontaneous combustion.
At about 11:42 on August 20, an intercity bus bound for Linchang Station from Lai’an County, Anhui Province, was in the process of driving , suddenly caught fire. At about 12 o’clock, the open fire at the scene was extinguished. After preliminary investigation, the cause of the fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of a lithium battery carried by a passenger. The fire killed two passengers and injured five others.
The video posted by netizens showed that the fire started to burn violently from the rear of the bus, with flames spraying from the windows of the bus and thick smoke billowing.
The video shows that the fire quickly engulfed the entire bus.
