{"id":103076,"date":"2026-02-02T17:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103076\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:39:07","slug":"pennsylvania-greyhound-bus-passengers-pants-catch-fire-while-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103076\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Greyhound bus passenger\u2019s pants catch fire while smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) \u2013 A Pennsylvania man traveling on a local Greyhound bus caught fire while smoking in the bus bathroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pennsylvania State Police in Newville say the 42-year-old Philadelphia man was riding the bus eastbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on January 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\" data-ylk=\"slk:Close;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch for us in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Subscribe Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When the bus was in the area of milemarker 214.1 in Upper Frankford Township, Cumberland County, State Police say the passenger went into the bus bathroom to smoke a cigarette. While in the bathroom, State Police say the passenger ignited his pants, leading to a larger fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bus pulled over, and the passenger was taken to UPMC Carlisle for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">State Police say the passenger was cited for disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greyhound.com\/travel-info\/your-rights-rules-on-board\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Greyhound;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Greyhound<\/a>, smoking on their buses is prohibited by federal law, and buses make frequent stops that can accommodate smokers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) \u2013 A Pennsylvania man traveling on a local Greyhound bus caught fire while smoking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49894,28,30,29,1224,4696,487,6651],"class_list":["post-103076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-greyhound-bus","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-pennsylvania-turnpike","tag-state-police","tag-whtm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}