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By Jana Boshoff

Journalist


Van transporting Middelburg prisoners catches fire

No injuries were reported after a minibus transporting prisoners to court burst into flames near Loskop Dam.


A minibus van transporting prisoners in Middelburg to court caught fire on Monday, reports Middelburg Observer.

According to information received, 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.

No injuries were reported.

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