Disney bus catches fire on highway
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:56 pm
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Disney Tour Bus Catches Fire
POSTED: 2:40 pm EDT August 26, 2004
UPDATED: 6:40 pm EDT August 26, 2004
A Disney Cruise Line tour bus caught fire on state Road 528 Thursday afternoon.
Disney Bus Fire
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A driver in the westbound lane of the Beeline Expressway captured this image of a Disney Cruise Line bus engulfed in flames.
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The bus caught fire near Dallas in east Orange County. Eastbound lanes of the Beeline Expressway were closed as fire crews extinguished the fire.
The fire was started by a flat tire. When the tire blew, the driver pulled to the side of the road to change it. The driver and all 52 passengers got off the bus and were moved a safe distance away before the bus erupted in flames. No one on the bus was injured, according to a Disney spokesman.
The bus is owned by Mears Transportation. Other Disney buses, which were heading westbound after dropping other cruise passengers off, stopped when they saw the fire and picked up the passengers from the burned-out bus. The passengers were all taken to the Disney Cruise Line terminal at Port Canaveral and boarded the Disney Wonder ship bound for Castaway Key.
Most of the luggage for cruise passengers had already been sent ahead to the port. There were only a few pieces of luggage and some small personal items on the bus with the passengers that were lost when the bus caught fire, according to a representative of Disney Cruises.
In the ensuing traffic jam, three cars collided, and helicopters airlifted two people to nearby hospitals.
Police said traffic was backed up for about eight miles after the fire. About 30 minutes later, there was a second secondary accident. Two cars collided in that accident, leaving two people with minor injuries.
Police said none of the four injuries were considered life-threatening.
Disney Tour Bus Catches Fire
POSTED: 2:40 pm EDT August 26, 2004
UPDATED: 6:40 pm EDT August 26, 2004
A Disney Cruise Line tour bus caught fire on state Road 528 Thursday afternoon.
Disney Bus Fire
Kevin Jewett
A driver in the westbound lane of the Beeline Expressway captured this image of a Disney Cruise Line bus engulfed in flames.
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The bus caught fire near Dallas in east Orange County. Eastbound lanes of the Beeline Expressway were closed as fire crews extinguished the fire.
The fire was started by a flat tire. When the tire blew, the driver pulled to the side of the road to change it. The driver and all 52 passengers got off the bus and were moved a safe distance away before the bus erupted in flames. No one on the bus was injured, according to a Disney spokesman.
The bus is owned by Mears Transportation. Other Disney buses, which were heading westbound after dropping other cruise passengers off, stopped when they saw the fire and picked up the passengers from the burned-out bus. The passengers were all taken to the Disney Cruise Line terminal at Port Canaveral and boarded the Disney Wonder ship bound for Castaway Key.
Most of the luggage for cruise passengers had already been sent ahead to the port. There were only a few pieces of luggage and some small personal items on the bus with the passengers that were lost when the bus caught fire, according to a representative of Disney Cruises.
In the ensuing traffic jam, three cars collided, and helicopters airlifted two people to nearby hospitals.
Police said traffic was backed up for about eight miles after the fire. About 30 minutes later, there was a second secondary accident. Two cars collided in that accident, leaving two people with minor injuries.
Police said none of the four injuries were considered life-threatening.