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Update: Van transporting prisoners catches fire
A minibus transporting prisoners to court burst into flames on the N11 near Loskop Dam.
According to information the bus caught fire due to a suspected technical fault. Two other members of Correctional Services happened to pass the burning minibus and stopped to render assistance and secure the prisoners.
A third Correctional Services van, transporting people from the Barberton Prison to Groblersdal, was on the scene to pick up the prisoners who were travelling in the bus that caught fire. A farmer from the area assisted in extinguishing the fire.
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No one was injured.
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