NTSB Advisory

NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
February 15, 2007

BUS FIRE IN WILMER, TEXAS SUBJECT OF NTSB BOARD MEETING

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Wednesday February, 21, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC.

There is one item on the agenda:

On September 23, 2005, a 1998 Motor Coach Industries 54-passenger motorcoach, operated by Global Limo Inc., of Phar Texas, was traveling northbound on Interstate 45 near Wilmer, Texas. The motorcoach, en route from Bellaire to Dallas, Texas, as part of the evacuation in anticipation of Hurricane Rita, was carrying 44 assisted living facility residents and nursing staff when it caught fire. Twenty- three persons were fatally injured, 2 were seriously injured and 19 received minor injuries. The driver also received minor injuries.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be available on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov. Technical support details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any problems, please call (703) 993-3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

A summary of the Board's final report, which will include findings, probable cause and any safety recommendations, will appear on the web site shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. The entire report will appear on the web site several weeks later.

Directions to Board Room: Front door located on Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets escalator, walk through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one level. Board room will be to your left.

NTSB Media Contact: Keith Holloway, 202-314-6100

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