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        "id": 1754612,
        "msgid": "uzur-angkot-on-salabenda-pasar-anyar-route-bogor-catches-fire-as-explosion-heard-1779542716",
        "date": "2026-05-21 13:58:38",
        "title": "\"Uzur\" angkot on Salabenda\u2013Pasar Anyar route, Bogor, catches fire as explosion heard",
        "author": "Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "A public minibus on the Salabenda\u2013Pasar Anyar route in Bogor caught fire on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman on 21 May 2026. The vehicle, more than 20 years old, was empty after dropping two passengers; no casualties were reported. Fire officials said the blaze began when the battery sparked and spread to the seats, and noted the minibus was not roadworthy; a separate May 1 incident on a different route also involved an electrical fault in an aging vehicle.",
        "content": "<p>Bogor, Kompas.com - A public minibus on route 16 Pasar\nAnyar\u2013Salabenda caught fire on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman in Bogor City on\nThursday, 21 May 2026. The head of the Transport Service at Bogor City\u2019s\nDepartment of Transportation (Dishub), Dody Wahyudin, said the minibus\nwas over 20 years old, dating from 2002. \u2018Yes, the minibus is old, on\nthe Salabenda\u2013Pasar Anyar route, dating from 2002,\u2019 Dody told Kompas.com\non Thursday. At the time, it was heading toward Pasar Anyar and had\ndropped off two passengers before the minibus caught fire. \u2018The flames\nsuddenly appeared at the back. And I heard an explosion. I thought a\ntire had blown, but it wasn\u2019t,\u2019 Agus said on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman on\nThursday, 21 May 2026. Meanwhile, Theofilio Patrocinio Freitas, head of\nthe Bogor City Fire Department, said that the fire began when the fire\nspread from the battery to the car seats. \u2018The fire started from the\nbattery and spread to the seats, causing the fire,\u2019 he said in a written\nstatement on Thursday. Earlier, a different minibus on route 08A,\nbelieved not roadworthy, caught fire at Jembatan Satu Duit Jambu Dua in\nBogor Utara Sub-district on 1 May 2026. The head of the Transport\nDivision at Dishub Bogor City, Dody Wahyudin, said the bus burned due to\nan electrical short circuit. \u2018As usual, electrical faults (are the\ncause),\u2019 Dody said when contacted. He noted that the burned minibus was\nindeed not roadworthy, and its age had exceeded 20 years.<\/p>",
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