An electric bus has caught fire in London, making it the third to burst into flames in the capital this month. The Independent has more.
Firefighters tackled the flames engulfing the single-deck bus at a bus garage on Chelverton Road in Putney on Wednesday.
Twenty people were evacuated from the garage before emergency services arrived on the scene.
A video posted on social media shows the large blaze inside Putney Bus Garage. …
Another London bus on fire this time inside bus garage …..
What the hell is going on with our buses
Waiting for more info pic.twitter.com/tdIn5XmJuQ
— Ediz (@ediz1975) January 24, 2024
In a message to staff, bus operator Go Ahead said a “precautionary fleet check” of around 380 electric buses is now underway. It added that the “events of this kind that took place inside our premises” on Wednesday “are very rare”.