Emergency crews have rushed to the scene of a fire in Gorgie following reports of a bus ablaze in the middle of a busy Edinburgh road.
Passengers were forced to abandon the single decker service after smoke began billowing from the back of the vehicle at the corner of Gorgie Road and Robertson Avenue shortly before 11am on Sunday morning.
Motorists waiting in traffic told how “flames were coming out the engine” of the First Bus, prompting some to get out their own cars while the teams from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) accelerated to the incident.
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Two appliances were dispatched from nearby Tollcross Fire Station in response to the blaze.
A spokesperson for the service confirmed no one had been injured in the incident, but the road remains closed while the scene is made secure by crews.
Edinburgh Live has contacted First Bus for comment.
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An SFRS spokesperson added: "We received a call at 10:51 regarding a bus on fire on Gorgie Road near to the Tynecastle football stadium.
"Two appliances were dispatched from Tollcross Fire Station and the fire was extinguished.
"Crews remain on site to make sure the area is safe."
A First Bus spokesperson praised the "calm" driver of the vehicle for ushering passengers off quickly, adding a probe into the incident is now underway.
They added: “We can confirm the fire brigade were called to attend one of our vehicles on Sunday morning. Nobody was hurt and we would like to praise our driver for dealing with the matter calmly and quickly.
"An investigation is underway to establish the cause of the incident”.
