Liverpool fire: Dramatic footage shows bus in flames with thick black smoke billowing into sky
A video shows a massive bus blaze in Liverpool with plumes of smoke rising into the sky.
Dramatic footage shows a bus in flames with thick black smoke billowing into the sky in Liverpool.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to a bus fire on Ormskirk Road, Aintree, Sefton, this morning (Friday January 16). Crews were alerted at 11.55am and on scene at 12.01pm, with two fire engines in attendance.
The service said crews arrived to find a single decker bus fully involved in fire. Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus began to fight the fire with hose reel jets to prevent any escalation. Ormskirk Road was closed heading towards Switch Island.
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The driver and all passengers were accounted for and had evacuated the bus before the fire took hold, with no apparent injuries.
Crews continued damping down the area and the fire is now fully extinguished.
A lane has been opened for traffic flow and crews have handed over the scene to Merseyside Police.