Via the AP: Up to 20 Dead in Fire Aboard Evacuees’ Bus
A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita caught fire early Friday on a gridlocked highway near Dallas, killing as many as 20 people, authorities said.“We believe it’s going to be closer to 20 fatalities,” Dallas County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Don Peritz said.
How awful.
Update: The death toll continues to rise. It was at at least 30 according to NPR and was likely to rise. A Dallas Fireman stated that it was the worse vehicle fire he had ever seen. Current speculation is that the fact that many of the people on the bus had personal oxygen supplies that that was part of what allowed to fire to be so quick and intense.
Update 2: CNN.com has the following horrifying photo:
Rita Evac Bus Explodes
Via Sister Toldjah.
DALLAS — As many as 20 nursing home patients were killed early Friday when a busload of elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees from Houston caught fire then was rocked by a series of explosions on gridlocked Interstate 45, a Dal…
Trackback by T. Longren — Friday, September 23, 2024 @ 8:22 am
Try watching it on the news as its happening.
Comment by clint — Saturday, September 24, 2024 @ 8:10 am
Or at least as soon as the news can get it on.
Comment by clint — Saturday, September 24, 2024 @ 8:10 am