Blaze tears through bus with road on lockdown |HUGE BLAZE TEARS THROUGH BUS ON EASTERN BYPASS OXFORD
- 4 years ago
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A blaze tore through a bus in Oxford this evening, with firefighters placing a road on lockdown.
Emergency services rushed to the northbound side of Oxford’s Eastern Bypass, just past a Mini production plant.
Nearby drivers abandoned their vehicles as the fire took hold of the Stagecoach bus.
The vehicle was empty when the blaze began, The Oxford Mail reports.
Eyewitness David Hockaday tweeted: “Ring road by BMW factory anti-clockwise blocked by blazing bus.
“Clockwise looks shut off too. Fire crews have arrived. Traffic standstill. Avoid ring road.”
Documentary-makers at Angel Sharp Media tweeted: "BUS ON FIRE. Driver is safe. Emergency services just arriving."
Dramatic footage showed a queue of cars at a standstill, with plumes of smoke billowing from the vehicle.
The driver reportedly got out and ran to the other side of the road after the bus started overheating.
Nazmin Miah, who is stuck in the traffic, said cars were being let through as of 8.45pm.
Another eyewitness added: "It was very dramatic – oncoming cars were driving through huge clouds of smoke with their headlights lighting the flames and smoke up.
"The small flames started inside the bus in the middle, then they started growing. We couldn't quite believe it.
"Then the back window smashed with a loud noise, and flames started pouring out of the windows."
A blaze tore through a bus in Oxford this evening, with firefighters placing a road on lockdown.
Emergency services rushed to the northbound side of Oxford’s Eastern Bypass, just past a Mini production plant.
Nearby drivers abandoned their vehicles as the fire took hold of the Stagecoach bus.
The vehicle was empty when the blaze began, The Oxford Mail reports.
Eyewitness David Hockaday tweeted: “Ring road by BMW factory anti-clockwise blocked by blazing bus.
“Clockwise looks shut off too. Fire crews have arrived. Traffic standstill. Avoid ring road.”
Documentary-makers at Angel Sharp Media tweeted: "BUS ON FIRE. Driver is safe. Emergency services just arriving."
Dramatic footage showed a queue of cars at a standstill, with plumes of smoke billowing from the vehicle.
The driver reportedly got out and ran to the other side of the road after the bus started overheating.
Nazmin Miah, who is stuck in the traffic, said cars were being let through as of 8.45pm.
Another eyewitness added: "It was very dramatic – oncoming cars were driving through huge clouds of smoke with their headlights lighting the flames and smoke up.
"The small flames started inside the bus in the middle, then they started growing. We couldn't quite believe it.
"Then the back window smashed with a loud noise, and flames started pouring out of the windows."