Bus emits smoke in Punggol, forcing passengers to alight一辆巴士在榜鹅排放浓烟，迫使乘客下车。
Passengers onboard a SMRT bus were forced to alight at Punggol after the back of the vehicle started emitting smoke on Saturday (Oct 17) evening.A video posted on social media shows more than 10 passengers getting off the vehicle calmly at a bus stop after Punggol Road. Some of them can be seen going back into the bus to tap...
Passengers onboard a SMRT bus were forced to alight at Punggol after the back of the vehicle started emitting smoke on Saturday (Oct 17) evening.
A video posted on social media shows more than 10 passengers getting off the vehicle calmly at a bus stop after Punggol Road. Some of them can be seen going back into the bus to tap their EZ-Link cards.
The incident is believed to have occurred on SMRT bus service 110, which plys the Buangkok-Changi Airport route, as a few passengers were also seen carrying luggages.
According Lianhe Zaobao, the incident took place at a bus stop near the junction of Tampines Expressway (TPE) and Punggol Road.
After watching the video, some netizens wondered if the bus model is a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, which has been involved in several cases of bus fires this year.
AsiaOne has reached out to SMRT for more information.
In the first half of 2026, at least three cases of public bus fire involving this bus model were reported, according to the Ministry of Transport. No one was injured in the incidents.
In February, an SBS Transit bus went up in flames along the Pan Island Expressway (PIE). A month later, another SBS Transit bus caught fire while travelling along Tampines Expressway (TPE). A third bus was engulfed in flames near Woodgrove Primary School in May.
Responding to a parliamentary question in August, Senior Minister of State for Transport Murali Pillai said investigations showed that fire incidents involving Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses were caused by failures of different parts.
There is no indication of a common underlying cause, and the parts involved were also within their manufacturer-recommended useful life, he added.
As a precaution, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) also instructed public bus operators to carry out additional inspections on the Mercedes-Benz buses, and no abnormalities were found.
The authority is working with bus operators to improve the inspection regime for older buses and assess whether additional preventive measures can be implemented to reduce risk of fire, he said.
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10月17日（星期六）晚上，一辆SMRT巴士在榜鹅站后部开始冒烟，车上乘客被迫下车。
社交媒体上发布的一段视频显示，在榜鹅路之后的一个巴士站，十多名乘客平静地下了车。视频中可以看到，其中一些人又返回巴士，刷他们的易通卡（EZ-Link card）。
据信该事件发生在往返于万国和樟宜机场之间的 SMRT 110 路公交车上，因为有几名乘客也被看到携带行李。
据《联合早报》报道，事件发生在淡滨尼高速公路（TPE）和榜鹅路交界处附近的一个巴士站。
看完视频后，一些网友猜测这辆公交车的车型是奔驰Citaro，因为今年该车型已经卷入了多起公交车起火事件。
AsiaOne已联系SMRT以获取更多信息。
据交通运输部统计，2026年上半年至少发生了三起涉及该型号公交车的公共汽车起火事故。事故中无人受伤。
今年2月，一辆新捷运巴士在泛岛高速公路（PIE）上起火。一个月后，另一辆新捷运巴士在淡滨尼高速公路（TPE）上行驶时起火。5月，第三辆巴士在兀兰小学附近起火。
8 月份，交通部高级国务部长穆拉利·皮莱在回答议会质询时表示，调查显示，涉及梅赛德斯-奔驰 Citaro 公交车的火灾事故是由不同部件的故障引起的。
他还补充说，没有迹象表明存在共同的根本原因，而且涉及的部件也仍在制造商建议的使用寿命内。
作为预防措施，陆路交通管理局（LTA）还指示公共巴士运营商对梅赛德斯-奔驰巴士进行额外检查，结果并未发现任何异常情况。
他说，有关部门正在与公交运营商合作，改进老旧公交车的检查制度，并评估是否可以实施额外的预防措施来降低火灾风险。
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