A Gateway bus travelling from the capital Kampala to the western Uganda district of Kabale has caught fire at Kampiringisa in Mpigi along the Kampala-Masaka Highway.
The fire outbreak happened at about midday, according to a statement attributed to Faridah Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson.
“A Gateway bus, registration number, UAU 926U, that was traveling from Kampala to Kabale, had a malfunction at Kampiringisa, along the Kampala-Masaka highway, that caused a fire from the rear wheels,” said Nampiima.
All passengers on board are said to have disembarked from the bus alive but they lost their properties.
The cause of the fire that gutted the bus, registration number UAU 926U, is yet to be established.
“The driver had been earlier warned about smoke from the rear but pulled over after the fire had spread. All the 37 passengers on board are safe and managed to exit the bus before it was entirely engulfed by the fire. The actual cause of the malfunction will be communicated later,” added Nampiima.
Weeks ago, there was a bomb explosion on an Ishaka-bound Swift Safaris bus where one person, a suspected suicide bomber, was killed.
