‘This is not how you want to start your day’ – as 22 passengers injured in Putco bus fire

GAUTENG – The latest accident scenes on our roads, hardly a day before Good Friday shows a video that’s circulating on social media, in a harrowing incident that took place on the Moloto Road, R573 in route to Centurion.

In the video, a Putco bus burst into flames leaving the 22 passengers leaping in horror from the windows off the burning vehicle to safety. Investigations are still ongoing to determine the cause of this deadly accident.

Putco spokesperson, Lindokuhle Xulu, said an investigation into the cause of the dangerous blaze was underway. – “The report that I have says 22 people have been injured, but our managers are at the different hospitals tallying those numbers. We will have a better understanding at a better stage in terms of the number of people injured.”