YW trident on fire

[Stu]

Lot of people commenting on posts on Facebook pointing the finger at someone smoking being the cause of this; I suppose it could be possible if someone doused all the seats on the top deck with petrol!

Is the CCTV recording equipment housed downstairs? Will be interesting to see the footage of this one if its escaped the blaze. Surely someone on the bus must have witnessed something?

[Stuharris 6360]

if it is "arson", they should find them & get them to pay for the damage (well they could take a proportion of their benefit).

[Mike K]

I hope everyone was alright in this - although why did one of the refurbished ones have to catch fire  ::) Wonder if YW will need to loan in a bus?

I'd imagine they'll need a permanent replacement, can't see that seeing service again.

[karl724223]

Convert it to single decker like 1956😂

[John]

I hope everyone was alright in this - although why did one of the refurbished ones have to catch fire  ::) Wonder if YW will need to loan in a bus?

I'd imagine they'll need a permanent replacement, can't see that seeing service again.

Me neither, I dought very much 4341 will be returning. Very similar damage to 4014, and that was only 2 years old when it expired

At least there is a replacement engine now for 4135!

[Liverpool Street]

I saw it in the flesh being towed. It had absolutely nothing regarding upper saloon roofing, the front upper window had a sheet covering it like a murder scene (obviously not, but you get the idea) and everything was totally gutted upstairs, only wafer thin metal of the seat frames had survived.

[trident4370]

The Curse of the Presidents seems to have been passed onto the Tridents now... The famous ones being 4218, 4336, 4613 and now 4341

[Liberator9]

4341 looks in an awful state - doesn't look like it will be coming back.

[John]

If anyone wants to know, the Stagecoach London Trident fire on the M11 was 17563 'LV52 HDU'.

Heading north to Glasgow with two others for the Commonwealth Games

[winston]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/you-wait-day-bus-fire-3682137

[Stu]

Police appeal for witnesses and reveal two teenage boys are believed to have started the fire:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/witnesses-sought-after-150000-arson-7268431

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

£150,000 damage to a 12 year old Trident? Not quite sure where that figure would have come from! I know it had been fairly recently refurbished but surely was no where near that value, maybe they've just Googled the price to buy it brand new

[Trident 4609]

Has 4341 followed in the footsteps of 4336 or will this one be saved?

[Stu]

£150,000 damage to a 12 year old Trident? Not quite sure where that figure would have come from! I know it had been fairly recently refurbished but surely was no where near that value, maybe they've just Googled the price to buy it brand new

I guess as the bus will be written off, £150,000 would be the cost to replace it.

[Tony]

Looks like Fires are getting spread around the groups.

First bus today
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/BRISTOL-TRAFFIC-Bus-closes-Kingswood-high-street/story-21249009-detail/story.html