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| Cumbria coach fire: Passenger recalls vehicle blaze | Cumbria coach fire: Passenger recalls vehicle blaze |
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| The rear of the coach caught fire on the A590 in Backbarrow, in the Lake District | The rear of the coach caught fire on the A590 in Backbarrow, in the Lake District |
| The rear of the coach caught fire on the A590 in Backbarrow, in the Lake District | |
| A passenger on a coach that caught fire has described how it "started shaking" before people managed to get off. | A passenger on a coach that caught fire has described how it "started shaking" before people managed to get off. |
| The vehicle was carrying about half a dozen workers from BAE Systems on their way home from college in Blackpool on Tuesday afternoon. | The vehicle was carrying about half a dozen workers from BAE Systems on their way home from college in Blackpool on Tuesday afternoon. |
| Smoke appeared from the rear of the coach at around 17:30 BST on the A590 at Backbarrow, near Ulverston, Cumbria. | Smoke appeared from the rear of the coach at around 17:30 BST on the A590 at Backbarrow, near Ulverston, Cumbria. |
| Jamie Dunstan, who was sitting towards the rear of the coach, said: "Everyone seems fine, it may sink in tomorrow." | Jamie Dunstan, who was sitting towards the rear of the coach, said: "Everyone seems fine, it may sink in tomorrow." |
| The vehicle had been carrying about half a dozen workers from BAE Systems | The vehicle had been carrying about half a dozen workers from BAE Systems |
| The vehicle had been carrying about half a dozen workers from BAE Systems | |
| Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene and the road was closed in both directions. It has since reopened. | Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene and the road was closed in both directions. It has since reopened. |
| Mr Dunstan, 27, a mechanical engineer, from Barrow-in-Furness, said he was starting to fall asleep when someone shouted that there was smoke coming from behind him. | Mr Dunstan, 27, a mechanical engineer, from Barrow-in-Furness, said he was starting to fall asleep when someone shouted that there was smoke coming from behind him. |
| "We were heading back from Blackpool and all of a sudden the coach started shaking like mad, at first I thought it had just broken down," he told the BBC. | "We were heading back from Blackpool and all of a sudden the coach started shaking like mad, at first I thought it had just broken down," he told the BBC. |
| "We all got off the coach as fast as we could - within a couple of minutes you started seeing the flames." | "We all got off the coach as fast as we could - within a couple of minutes you started seeing the flames." |
| He said it was fortunate that the group managed to get off to the coach and make their way to safety before flames started to appear. | He said it was fortunate that the group managed to get off to the coach and make their way to safety before flames started to appear. |
| "We are all safe, we all got off, I remember saying, 'It's weird that I was just napping there' and it had gone up in flames," he added. | "We are all safe, we all got off, I remember saying, 'It's weird that I was just napping there' and it had gone up in flames," he added. |
| "We were there for about half an hour afterwards." | "We were there for about half an hour afterwards." |
| The group was later picked up and taken home. | The group was later picked up and taken home. |
| The road was closed while firefighters attended the scene | The road was closed while firefighters attended the scene |
| The road was closed while firefighters attended the scene | |
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