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Multiple SEPTA buses catch fire at Philadelphia maintenance facility

SEPTA buses on fire in Phildaelphia (NBC 10 Phildelphia)

PHILADELPHIA — Several Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority buses caught fire at a maintenance facility in Philadelphia on Thursday morning.

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Video from NBC 10’s chopper showed the heavy flames and a large plume of smoke coming from the buses at the Roberts Yard SEPTA Railroad Facility and the Midvale Bus Depot.

SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch told NBC 10 that the facility is what they refer to as “the bus graveyard,” where all out-of-service buses are stored.

The fire was reported to be under control around 8 a.m.

No injuries were reported. It’s unknown how the fire started.

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