Witnesses at the scene said that at around 4:30 this morning (September 17), after hearing a loud explosion, people around the Ta Sin Thanh market area ran out and saw a passenger bus burning fiercely while parked in an empty lot.
"The bus owner is from Dien Bien Phu City, rented a motel nearby, and also rushed to the scene. However, because the bus was on fire, they could not put out the fire. According to the schedule, this morning, the bus was going to transport passengers from Ta Sin Thanh Commune, Tua Chua District to Dien Bien Phu City," a local resident told reporters.
Until 6am, the fire was still not completely extinguished, the passenger bus with license plate 37B-00315 was completely burned, only the frame remained.
Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper reporter, Mr. Luong Tuan Anh - Chairman of Tua Chua District People's Committee said that immediately after receiving the information, the district leaders notified the police force to come to the scene.
"It is still raining heavily and the place where the bus fire occurred is more than 40km away from the center of Tua Chua district on a mountain road, so travel is very difficult. Because the scene has not been reached, the authorities have not yet been able to determine the cause," added the Chairman of the People's Committee of Tua Chua district.
