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Mechanics avert
disaster by acting quickly to contain an NGV gas leak aboard this
Sattahip tour bus.
Patcharapol Panrak
Leaking natural gas idled a Sattahip tour bus, but the
driver and two attendants escaped without injury.
Authorities were called to Sukhumvit Road near the PTT gas station
Oct. 24 on reports an NGV tour bus has leaking and could explode.
Firefighters hosed down the scene and an inspection quickly
discovered a leaky valve on one of the bus’ three tanks. Officers
turned off the valve and there was no further danger.
Driver Bunchob Prasinderm, 45, said he’d stopped to fill up the bus
after dropping off passengers when, 200 meters from the station, the
vehicle lurched to a stop and gas odors filled the bus. He and the
two attendants ran out and called authorities.
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