A driver as well as a MyCiti bus was seriously injured when his vehicle was petrol bombed in Woodstock, Cape Town, said the city’s fire and rescue service on Tuesday.
According to spokesman Theo Layne, two fire engines and one rescue vehicle were dispatched to the burning bus just before 10pm on Monday.
“The driver sustained serious injuries,” said Layne.
A passenger in the bus also got burnt in the process. Both patients received treatment for their burns at the scene.
At about 21h56 this evening City’s Fire & Rescue services were at the scene in Roodebloom Rd Woodstock where a Myciti bus was allegedly petrol bombed. The driver of the bus has sustained serious injuries and one passenger is non-critical. @CityofCT @MyCiTiBus
Video: Aarif Khan pic.twitter.com/l0bsxfsK4O— Voice of the Cape (@VOCfm) December 10, 2018
Several MyCiti buses have been burnt around the city in the last couple of weeks. This is as a result of the company’s decision to axe more than 80 of its drivers following a six-week unprotected strike.
The drivers had been demanding that they be in-sourced by the city. Currently, drivers that operate the buses are sourced by contractors.
Another MyCiti bus driver was forced to flee for his life in November after three “passengers” boarded, threw petrol inside the bus and set the vehicle alight.
TimesLIVE reported that the bus was en route from Cape Town to Omuramba station in Milnerton.
At the time, the city’s law enforcement director Robbie Roberts said: “The bus caught fire and the suspects ran away. The driver also jumped out of the bus.”
One of the fleeing suspects who was identified by the community and security was promptly arrested.