Children were evacuated from a school bus before it was engulfed in flames in a residential street in Hackney on Friday morning.
The service had been transporting youngsters to school at about 8.15am when the fire broke out, leaving six other vehicles damaged.
Vehicle fire earlier Whiston Road #hackney prompt action by @LFB_HACKNEY protecting local properties . Road closures and thick smoke. Hope nobody hurt pic.twitter.com/rwepBTEhD1
— Lundun Feeldz (@LundunFeeldz) January 20, 2023
Nobody was injured in the incident.
Footage of the inferno in Wilton Way showed the 30-seater bus ablaze in the middle of the road beside parked cars, with large amounts of black smoke issueing into the air.
Photos taken in the aftermath showed the burned-out bus completely gutted by the fire.
Hackney Council said on Twitter: “All the children were evacuated with no injuries & a replacement bus was organised to deliver them to school.”
It added that the cause of the incident “is yet to be determined”, while thanking the police and fire service for their quick response.
Huge fire on Wilton Way in London Fields — looks like a van pic.twitter.com/GZJtGvisCA
— Josh Spero (@joshspero) January 20, 2023
London Fire Brigade said “a small part of several surrounding properties” were damaged, along with six other vehicles.
The brigade was called to the scene around 8.15am and the blaze was under control by 9.20am.
This morning a fire broke out on a school bus in Hackney. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
— Hackney Council (@hackneycouncil) January 20, 2023
All the children were evacuated with no injuries & a replacement bus was organised to deliver them to school.
Thank you @MPSHackney & @LondonFire for the quick response.
It received 42 calls from members of the public reporting the fire.
