Burning smell inside bus causes nausea and evacuation, Davis CA
Medical EmergencyA bus driver at UC Davis reported a strong burning plastic smell inside the bus causing nausea and lightheadedness among the driver, conductor, and others. The fire system showed no alerts and there was no smell outside. The bus was shut down and the occupants were evacuated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: UC Davis Unitrans Bus Service
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Transcript:
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Hey, so as I was chilling at the terminal in between runs, I noticed that there is a very strong, strong scent of like burning rubber or like burning plastic inside of my bus.
00:13
My fire suppression system is registering as okay and also there is absolutely no smell outside of the bus.
00:20
I have done multiple walk around myself and I've also gotten other drivers to smell the difference between the outside and the inside of the bus and they can also determine that there's no...
00:28
smell on the exterior bus.
00:32
Do you tend for few tell if it's coming from the heater?
00:40
Would that be looking in a specific section because the smell is pretty consistent throughout the entire length of the bus as well as upstairs and downstairs?
00:52
That's the negative.
00:53
Are you running the heater?
00:56
If that's a negative as of right now, the bus is off.
01:02
During the time when you had the bus on, were you using the climate control? And if so, did you have it cooling or heating?
01:10
Okay, I did have the heater on during my run.
01:18
310-4 can you tell if it's that distinctive smell that they sometimes have when you first turn on a heater or is it a different burning plastic smell
01:30
Hey, this is a different, like, very, very, very strong, noxious burning smell.
01:37
I do know the smell that you're talking about when you first turn the heater on.
01:41
And when I did first turn the heater on, it actually did not have that smell at all.
01:45
This has only developed after multiple minutes of me having the heater on, and it just kind of started to get stronger and stronger instead of dissipating like the usual smell does.
01:59
C104, thanks so much.
02:02
Are you getting lightheaded or anything from the smell?
02:06
Hey, yes, me as well as another driver as well as a conductor, are all getting actually quite lightheaded from the smell and are actually becoming quite nauseated.
02:18
C104, you can stand by outside your bus subway.
02:23
A104.
02:29
To scratch 9, we'll run a full victor.
02:33
Okay, 1049, thank you so much.
02:37
Hey, 9, you got this.
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South Hall, 180 E Quad, Davis, CA 95616
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