Bus with children caught fire in Kuzbass

The fire occurred on a bus, which is still a children's volleyball team in the Kemerovo region. Passengers were evacuated in time.

According to the Ministry of Emergencies, a message about a fire in a private bus on the R-255 highway in the Topkin district was received at 13:44 (who). The fire was liquidated after 10 minutes.

As RIA Novosti clarifies, the fire arose in the engine compartment. “The bus was transported by a children's volleyball team from Khanty-Mansiysk consisting of 11 people. There was one driver and one accompaniment with them, ”the agency was told to the State Emergencies Ministry.

Immediately after the fire, the children left the bus, and the adults, before the arrival of the fire brigade, put out the fire on their own. The firefighters who arrived again shed a motor compartment.

“The children took another bus. They follow in Novosibirsk at Tolmachevo Airport to leave home in Khanty-Mansiysk, ”added a representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies.