PTSC bus catches fire in Point Fortin

SASCHA WIL­SON

Se­nior Re­porter

A PTSC pas­sen­ger bus caught fire at the com­mis­sion’s Point Fortin com­pound on Mon­day, caus­ing an es­ti­mat­ed $150,000 in dam­age.

No one was in­jured.

The fire was de­tect­ed around 2.45 pm af­ter work­ers no­ticed smoke com­ing from the dash­board area, fol­lowed by flames.

The bus, val­ued at $1.2 mil­lion, sus­tained dam­age to its in­te­ri­or.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors were told the ve­hi­cle was parked with its en­gine idling when the fire start­ed. It had al­so un­der­gone re­pairs re­cent­ly.

Fire of­fi­cials said the en­gine was not dam­aged, and the blaze was con­tained to the bus.

Of­fi­cers of the Point Fortin Fire Sta­tion and Point Fortin Po­lice Sta­tion are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.