Bus on fire Central London this morning.

[Mr Manager]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37534973

A double-decker bus has burst into flames outside a train station in central London.

The route 26 bus to Hackney Wick, a hybrid bus, was outside Liverpool Street Station when smoke started pouring out before catching fire.

London Fire Brigade was called just before 10:00 BST and put out the flames and cleared up the fuel spillage.

Ben Lewis, a local resident, who filmed the fire and explosion said people were left "aghast" at the sight.

No one was on board and the driver had left the bus.

London Fire Brigade said 50% of the energy-efficient hybrid bus was damaged by the fire, the cause of which is not yet known...

 

[Bletchleyite]

Interesting how the BBC seemed to think it was a Borismaster when in fact it was not, it was a "clone".

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Interesting how the BBC seemed to think it was a Borismaster when in fact it was not, it was a "clone".

That article only mentions a hybrid decker.

 

[Bletchleyite]

That article only mentions a hybrid decker.

Must have corrected it, as earlier on it referred to a "New Routemaster" in one of the captions.

 

[GaryMcEwan]

Pretty certain it's a CT Plus E400h City and not a Routemaster at all...

 

[Bletchleyite]

Correct.

 

[KendalKing]

Interesting how the BBC seemed to think it was a Borismaster when in fact it was not, it was a "clone".

Did you not know, that according to the BBC, all buses are Borismaster's.

That article only mentions a hybrid decker.

The article, that saw said it was a new Routemaster.......

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Fair enough. I just read it and wondered if I was missing something

 

[Busaholic]

I remember about 20 years ago it was reported that an ex-London double-decker was running on the Isles of Scilly - turned out that it had operated in that part of London known as Morecambe and Heysham!

 

[plcd1]

Interesting how the BBC seemed to think it was a Borismaster when in fact it was not, it was a "clone".

Someone (can't think who! ) tweeted them a correction.

 

[jon0844]

Someone (can't think who! ) tweeted them a correction.

Should these new buses be called Sadiqmasters now?

 

[83G/84D]

Is the rumour true that Lewis Hamilton was driving the bus?

 

[plcd1]

Should these new buses be called Sadiqmasters now?

No. Nothing to do with him as ADL developed the model before the Mayoral Election.

We should call them by their proper names although the NB4L can be called whatever name people see fit because it's useless.

 

[Deerfold]

No. Nothing to do with him as ADL developed the model before the Mayoral Election.

We should call them by their proper names although the NB4L can be called whatever name people see fit because it's useless.

Most of the work to develop Boris Bikes had been done before he entered office but they still ended up being named after him.

 

[randyrippley]

I remember about 20 years ago it was reported that an ex-London double-decker was running on the Isles of Scilly - turned out that it had operated in that part of London known as Morecambe and Heysham!

Where is it now? Which one was it? We need it back!!!!!!!!!

 

[Busaholic]

Where is it now? Which one was it? We need it back!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, no idea. It didn't last long on Scilly, but where it went to after that I can't say. An AEC Regent Three, but beyond that...