Bus emits smoke near fuel area in Raleigh, Raleigh NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a bus in Raleigh near Hillsborough Street emitted smoke near the fuel area. The driver noticed smoke and a burning smell from the back of the bus. Dispatchers advised the driver to turn off the bus and move away from buildings and cars. The bus was not on fire but showing signs of possible burning or oil leak.
Audio|Heard on: Wake NC Transportation Group Calls
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01:56
Transcript:
00:00
this bus, it's like smoking in that.
00:03
One of the underdriver noticed it when I went to take a 10-7, and then when I came back and pulled it off, I can see like a little bit of smoke, and you can smell it.
00:16
Is it coming out of the exhaust or something's on fire in the back?
00:20
Looks like it's coming from the back of the bus, like,
00:24
the back of the bus, like, near, like, the gas thing, like, over, like, near that way.
00:30
All right.
00:32
I'm going to come switch you out.
00:33
That sounds kind of concerning.
00:34
Is there something you need to turn the bus off and get away from buildings and other cars, that kind of thing?
00:41
This would have been going to be to loop back around.
00:44
I'm sorry, and I'm supposed to go around one more time, but I can still see the smoke in the back.
00:49
I can still see it and smell it at the Memorial Belltower.
00:53
Well, I'm concerned.
00:54
Does it smell like smoke? I mean, is the bus on fire? Is that what you're saying?
00:57
It's not on fire, but you can, like,
01:01
it's smoking in the back, and, like, you can just smell it.
01:03
Like, I can smell it, like, when I open the door or when I walk back there.
01:06
And I didn't really notice until one of the drivers was standing was like, your bus was smoking really bad.
01:12
And I was like, hon, I couldn't really see it, but then when I pulled off, I can see, like, what he was talking about.
01:18
If the bus is smoking, I mean, if you're talking to exhaust smoke, that's one thing.
01:22
But if it's the smoke from something burning, we need to pull over and shut that bus off immediately.
01:27
Well, hold on.
01:28
Let me go to the back and look.
01:30
Yeah, it looks like the smoke is coming from the bottom to the side.
01:34
Like, I mean, you could see the smoke.
01:37
Why you would eat something is like burning or something.
01:40
I'm sorry, say that last part again.
01:42
Like, you would think something that's like burning, like, you know, like, I don't know, like, see if you have, like, an oil leak or something, and then you, like, see the smoke, it reminds you something like that.
01:52
All right, well, just turn the bus off if you would and just stay right where you are.
01:56
I'll come switch you out.
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Location mentioned:
Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607
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