Electric fire caused 40 SEPTA buses to
catch fire at bus yard in Philadelphia's
Nicetown section, SEPTA says
Posted By: mc squared, 6/7/2025 12:42:02 PM
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health lifted its recommendation to stay inside on Friday after air quality concerns arose following a three-alarm fire that engulfed multiple SEPTA buses at a yard in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia on Thursday. On Friday, SEPTA officials also said an electrical fire caused by a battery in one of the electric buses started the blaze. The buses caught fire at the agency's Midvale depot located off Roberts Avenue, around 6:15 a.m. Thursday. SEPTA General Manager Scott Sauer said all of the buses had been decommissioned and were in the process of being sold or scrapped. Sauer said among the 40 damaged buses, 15 of them were electric.
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Yet what you got from the local officials was failed action. The first statement from Mayor Bass on Friday was encouraging the bad actors. DHS said their building was surrounded, and it took the police two hours to respond to their calls.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health lifted its recommendation to stay inside on Friday after air quality concerns arose following a three-alarm fire that engulfed multiple SEPTA buses at a yard in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia on Thursday.
On Friday, SEPTA officials also said an electrical fire caused by a battery in one of the electric buses started the blaze.
The buses caught fire at the agency's Midvale depot located off Roberts Avenue, around 6:15 a.m. Thursday. SEPTA General Manager Scott Sauer said all of the buses had been decommissioned and were in the process of being sold or scrapped.
Sauer said among the 40 damaged buses, 15 of them were electric.
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The aerial picture of smoke speaks for itself.