Property Worth Millions Lost as Congo Bound Bus Catches Fire

Traders are counting losses after a bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district.

The bus was transporting more than 40 passengers, mostly traders and goods from Kampala to Goma-Gisenyi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Samson Kasasira the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson said that the bus attendants noticed the flames of fire emanating from the behind tyre and tried to put it off using their extinguishers, but it had already gutted some parts of the bus.

The fire destroyed clothes, books, shoes, cosmetics, laptops, belts, and mobile telephones among others estimated to cost millions of money.

Josephine Ulibubengi said that her belongings, valued at sh4,000,000, were reduced to ashes. Ulibubengi castigated the police fire brigade for arriving late at the scene when their belongings had already been burnt into ashes.

But Jim Muzora, the Officer in Charge of Rubaare Police Station said that they called the Fire Brigade from Ntungamo Central Police Station which is about 19 Kilometers away, but by the time it arrived it couldn’t save any property.

Kasasira said the bus was towed to Rubaare Police Station for an inspection as investigations to identify the cause of the fire commenced.

*Source – URN*

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