Paris Suspends Use of Bollore’s Electric Buses Following Fires
2022.04.29 18:28
Paris Suspends Use of Bollore’s Electric Busses Following Fires
According to a report by Reuters, the public transport operator RATP, in Paris, temporarily suspended the use of 149 electric buses made by Bollore’s (EPA:BOLL) Bluebus brand after two of the vehicles caught fire.
“The RATP has requested a full report from the manufacturer Bollore to explain the causes of these incidents,” the state-owned transport company said in a statement.
On Friday, one of the electric buses caught fire close to the French capital’s national library, the RATP said in a statement, adding that no passenger was harmed.
“The bus driver immediately evacuated all the passengers. Nobody was hurt,” RATP said, while the city fire service said the blaze was put out by around 30 firefighters.
“Given that this was the second fire recently on an electric bus of the same Bollore Bluebus 5SE series in less than a month, RATP took the decision … to temporarily withdraw the 149 electric buses,” RATP said.
By Michael Elkins
