PERTH'S fleet of gas buses will remain on the road despite another being destroyed by fire, as transport bosses demand answers from manufacturer Mercedes Benz.
A month after Perth drivers threatened to walk off the job unless answers were given about the cause of several gas bus fires, another caught fire at a depot in Welshpool on Sunday night.
The bus was not in service and there were no passengers or staff on the bus at the time.
But the blaze destroyed the bus, worth around $550,000, and damaged another.
It sparked more fears about the potential safety risks to drivers and passengers, and prompted more urgent action from the Perth Transit Authority (PTA).
The PTA's David Hynes said there was still no possibility of gas buses being taken off the road, because they represented about 40 per cent of Perth's total bus fleet.
"To take them off the road would absolutely cripple the bus service and public transport," Mr Hynes said.
"I can understand the drivers would be (concerned).
"We are doing everything we can."
In February, a Transperth bus driver ordered about 20 passengers off a bus after seeing a warning light on the dashboard.
The driver turned off the gas valve, but the back of the bus soon caught fire.
On December 14, another gas bus was engulfed in flames and almost destroyed.
Mr Hynes said urgent requests were being made to Mercedes in Germany in a bid to discover the cause of the fires.
"I would expect we are making some fairly robust phone calls at the moment asking them to be involved further," he said.
Transport Minister Troy Buswell had previously implemented a five-point plan, including doubling inspections and examining the capacity to improve fire suppression systems.
An upgrade of those systems, costing about $1.5 million, will be fast-tracked to begin this week.
A report on the possible causes of the previous fires is due to be released within a week.
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