{"id":2000122941,"date":"2026-08-18T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000122941"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:08:15","slug":"trinity-express-bus-catches-fire-near-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trinity-express-bus-catches-fire-near-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinity Express bus catches fire near Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred near Nyacyonga, on the outskirts of Kigali. Images and video from the scene showed the bus engulfed in flames, with thick smoke rising above the road as bystanders watched from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passengers were able to evacuate the vehicle, and there were no reported fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eyewitnesses said the fire completely destroyed the bus and the luggage carried by passengers. The cause of the blaze was not immediately established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trinity Express bus was travelling towards Kigali from Uganda when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bus company had not issued a statement regarding the incident as of publication time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A Trinity bus travelling from Uganda caught fire near Nyacyonga as it was approaching Kigali on Monday evening.<br><br>No deaths have been reported, but the bus was completely burnt, along with passengers\u2019 luggage.<br><br>More details to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOosPijxNM\">pic.twitter.com\/IOosPijxNM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The New Times (Rwanda) (@NewTimesRwanda) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewTimesRwanda\/status\/2089460034346356854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Trinity Express bus travelling from Uganda caught fire near Kigali on Monday evening, destroying the vehicle and passengers\u2019 luggage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000122949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000122941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000122949,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/Trinity-.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1500,"height":1125,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/Trinity-.jpg","width":1500,"height":1125},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/Trinity-.jpg","width":1500,"height":1125},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/Trinity-.jpg","width":1500,"height":1125},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/Trinity-.jpg","width":1500,"height":1125},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/Trinity-.jpg","width":1500,"height":1125}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000122941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000122950,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000122941\/revisions\/2000122950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000122949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000122941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000122941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000122941"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000122941"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000122941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}