“Everything went up in flames” Drama on the street, blocked traffic and immediate rescue: where and what happened

A cloud of smoke on the Grande Raccordo Anulare caused traffic and inconveniences

Early this morning, Monday 22nd March 2024, a tourist bus went up in flames on the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, exactly between Casalini and Prenestina. Smoke invaded the roadway causing long queues of traffic. However, the firefighters intervened promptly and avoided further inconvenience. Let's find out together what happened in detail.

Fear in Rome, along the Grande Raccordo Anulare. Early this morning on Monday, April 22, 2024, exactly just before 8:30 am, a coach tourist building caught fire. The flames they broke out on the external lane of the A90, at the exit between Casalina and Prenestina.

Fortunately, there were no passengers on board the vehicle at the time of the incident. The driver he rushed out as soon as he noticed a strange and strong smell and noticed smoke coming out of the vehicle. Before the fire flared up on the roadway, the man cost the vehicle sideways to avoid accidents with other cars and ran out.

Immediately afterwards he gave thealarm to the Single Emergency Number, 112. The intervention of the emergency services was timely fire fighters who arrived on the junction with three vehicles 12A, 10A and AB10. We are currently not aware of the causes which caused the fire but investigations are already underway.

Bus on fire on Rome's Grande Raccordo Anulare: traffic and inconveniences

Anyway, plus a few inconvenience to traffic along the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, the episode did not cause further damage. No passengers he was on board the vehicle when it caught fire, so no one was injured or injured. Furthermore, the long queues which formed due to the smoke in the vicinity of the incident were then resolved during the morning. As for the bus, it has been completely destroyed and the metal sheets will soon be removed.