BANGKOK, Jan 6 (TNA) – The explosion and fire at a Bangkok municipality maintenance garage burned nine NGV fitted air-conditioned buses in Bangkok early Tuesday morning did not result from the natural gas for vehicles (NGV) in buses, according to Pinet Puapattanakul, Director of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA).
Nine metropolitan Bangkok mass transit buses fitted with NGV powered engines were damaged in the explosion and fire, Mr. Pinit confirmed, but he said that the accident was not caused by an explosion of NGV cylinders or any part of the NGV system.
According to an initial investigation of the bus owners company and the police, the fire was sparked by electricity in the alternator and engine oil.
Security guards said that the banging sounds were from the explosion of tires during the fire.
Mr. Pinit said the installation of NGV engines in all buses was done according to high safety standards. Natural gas lighter than air, he said, so it rises when it leaks and doesn't spark fires.
Nine buses, owned by the Wangsakarnkit company, were parked at the maintenance garage in Bangkhuntien district. Somchai Odoam, a security guard said around 3am, he heard the banging sound twice and found a blaze bus, which later spread to eight other buses(TNA)
General News : Last Update : 14:05:26 6 January 2009 (GMT+7:00)
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