Bus driver reports electrical burning smell on Ohio Street, Johnstown PA
Fire & ArsonA bus driver on Ohio Street in Johnstown reported a strong sweet electrical burning smell inside the bus with no visible fire or alarms. The driver could not find the source. Dispatch instructed the driver to check for smoke and turn off non-essential electrical systems while keeping the bus running. Due to the smell, the bus was replaced as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Cambria County Transit Authority - Urban Division
03:24
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, I'm pulling out of it real quick because it smells like my bus is on fire,
00:04
but I don't have a fire alarm or anything going off.
00:18
Yeah,
00:19
give it a look and let me know.
00:20
Does it seem like your wheels or anything feel hot or anything? Just give it a quick look to see if you see any smoke or anything.
00:28
All right, I'm going to check everything.
00:30
The smell is sweet, so I'm going to give it a look.
00:33
It smells like wiring, but I'll start looking at stuff.
00:37
I'll be back.
00:45
What can I check inside the bus portable for because I don't smell anything outside, the motor looks fine, but it definitely smells like electrical.
00:55
It's pretty bad in the bus.
00:56
I've got the doors open and it's still pretty strong in here.
01:07
That's received.
01:08
Is it coming from the front?
01:13
That's what I can't tell,
01:16
but just walking by the bus with the doors open, I could smell it coming out of the doors.
01:22
But I smell it in the back and in the front.
01:30
After you see,
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do me a favor and turn off all the lights outside and then turn everything off inside.
01:42
I turn all the vents and heat off?
01:46
Yeah, turn everything off except for the bus, please keep the bus running.
01:50
All right, Toppy.
01:55
Then when are you back downtown?
01:58
I'm just now on Ohio, I gotta go up to Aspen and to Luxor Gordon.
02:05
They wouldn't be downtown until 10:21.
02:16
If you said you're on Ohio Street right now?
02:21
Yes.
02:23
I'm right beside the sheet.
02:25
If you can wait there, I'll bring you another bus.
02:29
All right, that's fine.
02:30
I'll just wait here then.
02:33
FTC, portable four to dispatch.
02:35
Is there a bus I can take to him?
02:43
Uh 2-218, talk about store too.
02:48
After receipt, uh, using that, thank you.
02:53
Okay,
02:58
4. You still want this bus running?
03:00
No,
03:03
go ahead and shut it, shut it off.
03:04
We're going to replace your bus for you, bud.
03:08
Copy.
03:19
Dispatch.
03:21
Take 244 instead, okay? Still Thor 2.
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