“Several buses caught fire at a transport depot in the center of town. Heavy smoke billowed across Potters Bar after Hertfordshire staff were called to the scene on the High Street at 14:36 BST. ”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61543634
“Paul Kirby, a BBC reporter who witnessed the fire, said he spoke to bus drivers who told him they were relieved by the underground diesel storage. seems safe. It is said that up to seven hybrid buses was on fire and “you can hear a couple of loud bangs that they say are tires,” he said. “
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61543634
No idea, at this stage if flames start in a battery; however, this quote is also in the report:-
“Witness Shaun Cunningham said he heard an ‘unbelievable noise like a jet plane’ and he saw a bus that had ‘exploded into a fireball’.”https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61543634
HT/Auto, Jim T, Jerome P and maybe others I missed.
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