We have recently seen several media reports about vehicle fire. Many of these are vehicles that have not been well maintained, others caught fire in horrific crashes – and some caught fire from some engine malfunction.
Few vehicle owners pay much attention to these fires – but will confirm that entrapment in a burning vehicle remains [...]

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A man was burnt to death when his car collided with a bakkie on the N2 between Mthatha and Qumbu, Eastern Cape police said on Thursday.
Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the accident occurred as the Volkswagen Citi Golf drove onto the N2 highway on Wednesday at around 8pm.
“The driver of the Golf did not see the [...]

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Over sixty people were lucky to escape a burning bus unscathed on the N2 North bound carriageway near the M19 turn-off this evening.
It is thought that the driver of the bus noticed smoke filling the cab and had slowed the bus to a halt in the centre lane. People rushed from the doors at the [...]

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Netcare 911 rushed to the scene of an accident on the N2 South near the airport. On arrival they found that a bakkie overturned and landed in some marsh land on its roof. The two occupants of the vehicle was extremely fortunate as the vehicle landed upside down in about 8 inches of water.
The one occupant managed [...]

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