SEVERAL fire crews were called out after a bus was gutted by a raging fire.
Crews from Maldon, Chelmsford and Great Baddow were called to the incident on Friday afternoon (March 19).
While the First Essex bus was destroyed, no one was injured.
A fire spokesperson said: “Firefighters were called to a vehicle fire in Main Road, Danbury at 5.15pm on Friday.
“On arrival, crews reported a single decker bus was 100 per cent alight and worked to extinguish the fire by 6.23pm."
Hugh Loy, Operations Manager at First Chelmsford, said:” One of our buses operating in Danbury village experienced a fire which spread throughout the vehicle.
“The cause is being investigated.
“There were two passengers on board, who along with the driver safely exited the vehicle and moved to a safe distance away from the scene, and no injuries were sustained."
Firefighters who attended this incident from Maldon and Great Baddow are on-call firefighters who are all live or work within five minutes of an on-call fire station
If you live or work within five minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be an on-call firefighter.
For details, visit join.essex-fire.gov.uk/on-call.
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