An electric bus has caught fire in London just days after two sparked panic in the capital after they also went up in flames. Videos posted on social media show flames engulfing a vehicle inside a bus garage in Putney yesterday.
Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade were called to the scene at 8:21am and attended the site with two fire engines. The blaze tore through part of the single-deck bus, which was unoccupied, before it was 'promptly' extinguished by 9:13am. Around 20 people inside the building were safely evacuated and there were no reports of any injuries.
The bus, which was used on route 265, had been operated by bus company Go Ahead London, who has now launched a 'precautionary fleet check' of around 380 of its electric buses.
This is the third electric bus to catch fire in the capital in the last 14 days, heaping more pressure on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to address the problem, which has already put some passengers' lives in danger.
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