{"id":101555,"date":"2024-11-07T13:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/kampala-bound-bus-catches-fire-in-naivasha-no-injuries\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T13:03:23","slug":"kampala-bound-bus-catches-fire-in-naivasha-no-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kampala-bound-bus-catches-fire-in-naivasha-no-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Kampala-bound bus catches fire in Naivasha, no injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAKURU, Kenya, Nov 7 \u2013 <\/strong>A Kampala-bound bus operated by Simba Coach Company caught fire and burst into flames at Morendat, between Naivasha and the Gilgil Toll Station.<\/p>\n<p>Naivasha Sub-County Deputy Police Commander Anthony Keter confirmed that the two passengers on board escaped unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred early Thursday morning after the bus developed a mechanical issue. Keter explained that the fire began in the rear wheels, prompting the driver to pull over and ensure the passengers safely exited before the flames spread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassengers lost personal belongings and goods worth thousands of shillings as the fire consumed the bus, leaving only a shell,\u201d Keter stated.<\/p>\n<p>As the fire was brought under control, locals gathered around the charred remains of the bus, salvaging partly burned items, including food products.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAKURU, Kenya, Nov 7 \u2013 A Kampala-bound bus operated by Simba Coach Company caught fire and burst into flames at Morendat, between Naivasha and the Gilgil Toll Station. Naivasha Sub-County Deputy Police Commander Anthony Keter confirmed that the two passengers on board escaped unhurt. The incident occurred early Thursday morning after the bus developed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}