E & M Horsburgh School Bus Fire 11/02/19

[MrBurnz]

I don't know if anyone here is aware of this, but I couldn't find any thread about it.

This morning on the A71, an E & M Horsburgh Coach caught fire. No one was injured or hurt & all were evacuated from the bus.
The cause of the fire is unknown as of yet, However, the Vehicle involved appears to be
YN57 OUU (now T500 EMH)
The bus is pretty much gutted.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/shock-footage-shows-moment-scots-13985030

Unfortunately, I don't know how to do a quote box for the above link? Apologies .

There is also a video of the bus on fire online.

 

[yorkie]

Unfortunately, I don't know how to do a quote box for the above link?

Click the "+" button then the Quote button will appear. Copy and paste the text within the quote tags, and you're sorted.

(By the way, the hyperlink goes to a Google Search which then links to the webpage you want to link to; you may want to replace this hyperlink with the direct link to the news article).

 

[MrBurnz]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/shock-footage-shows-moment-scots-13985030/QUOTE]

Click the "+" button then the Quote button will appear. Copy and paste the text within the quote tags, and you're sorted.

(By the way, the hyperlink goes to a Google Search which then links to the webpage you want to link to; you may want to replace this hyperlink with the direct link to the news article).

Sorry about that. I think I have fixed it?

 

[yorkie]

No quite; you have put the hyperlink in quote tags.

The quote tags should contain a quote from the article (just two or three relevant paragraphs will be fine )

 

[Jordan Adam]

It's E & M Horsburgh... I don't like to trash companies, but in this case there's not much more to be said! Glad everyone is okay.

 

[Observer]

It's not like this a regular occurrence for them. Bus fires happen to any company, including First.

 

[Jordan Adam]

It's not like this a regular occurrence for them. Bus fires happen to any company, including First.

That's true... However... E&M Horsburgh have a history of running life expired tat in appalling condition.

 

[Observer]

Depends what you mean by life expired tat, if you're on about the ex-Lothian Olympians then yes they made a shoddy job at the single door conversions.

Seems they are slowly being replaced though, the last few years they have been on a buying spree. Doesn't mean that they're perfect though.

Plus they've had some bad new purchases that are no longer with them, anything they bought with a MAN engine comes to mind.

 

[CM]

That's true... However... E&M Horsburgh have a history of running life expired tat in appalling condition.

I'd hardly call a 57 plate coach "life expired"....

 

[Jordan Adam]

I wasn't referring to the coach in this incident as life expired. I was referring to other vehicles in the fleet. However i appear to have triggered certain members so i'll hush before this thread becomes the next Cityfox one...

 

[Dhassell]

I know... Let's not get off the vehicle as quickly as possible... Lets film the smoke from the side for 10 seconds before panicking and rushing off

 

[overthewater]

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman....RVK5gvGd14kJIbZA3DgLSjj5PzXnguSKdlnPZ0x5wruOg

WORRIED parents want a bus firm’s contract binned after one their coaches burst into flames on the school run. The Evening News told yesterday how about 20 pupils scrambled from the bus as it filled with smoke then burst into flames on the way to West Calder High. E&M Horsburgh coach catches fire. Horsburgh are a bus hire company that have the contracts for several schols in the Lothians Picture sent in by passenger on A71 by bells Quarry Now parents are signing an online petition for West Lothian Council to tear up their deal with firm E&M Horsburgh. Petition organiser Karlene Scotland said: “Protect the pupils of West Lothian and surrounding areas - the buses are not fit for purpose and are an endanger to our school children.” Dramatic footage from the A71 yesterday morning showed flames leaping 20ft into the air from the back of the bus. No one was hurt. Ms Scotland said pupils from Linlithgow Academy have endured “substandard travel” provided by the Pumpherston-based firm under the West Lothian Council contract. She said the contract despite the firm “failing others in the area.” Back in December, parents told of concerns over the standard of an E&M Horsburgh coach on the school run from Winchburgh to Linlithgow Academy. Mould was spotted on window ledges, water dripping from the ceiling, seats held together by tape and even a missing window. Ms Scotland’s petition had attracted 183 signatures this morning towards a target of 200 - less than 24 hours after she launched it. She added: “A bus carrying pupils to West Calder caught fire do we want our young children to be affected. “Their lives were in danger and this could have been much worse. We need to stand together and stop our children being out in harms way.” The Ban Horsburgh buses petition is available to sign online.

Read more at: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman....RVK5gvGd14kJIbZA3DgLSjj5PzXnguSKdlnPZ0x5wruOg

 

[Observer]

Well I seriously doubt a petition is going to go that far. Maybe the Traffic Commissioner might pay attention for once and call them to a Public Inquiry at some point.

I took some time to read up on a whole load of Facebook comments to news pages that were reporting it and there were always some people bringing up the age of the vehicles, well clearly it's up to the relevant Council to specify age limits to stop the likes of the ex-Lothian Olympians from being used, some Councils have age limits, others not so much. As long as they are allowed to run these old buses, well that is what is going to happen. They're not going to spend money if they don't need to. Although I have mentioned before that they have invested in the fleet in recent years, their case isn't that bad as what some are making it out to be.