PASSENGERS travelling on an electric park and ride bus in York this morning (November 26) had to evacuate the vehicle when it began to fill with smoke.
The bus, operated by First, was travelling from Monks Cross into the city centre when smoke began to appear at around 8am.
It stopped on The Stonebow and passengers had to get off.
Andrew Parkes was one of the passengers on the bus. He said the vehicle smelt of burning and was smoking at the rear.
He tweeted: "Interesting bus ride into work when we had to all get off due to a smoke-filled bus! These buses are good in principle but just don’t work regularly!"
Andrew said two fire engines turned up at the scene.
A spokesperson for First commented: "We can confirm that the incident occurred on one of Monks Cross services this morning shortly before 8am.
"The driver became aware of smoke from the vehicle and immediately evacuated all passengers safely.
"Emergency services attended and made the vehicle safe. There are no reported injuries.
"Such incidents are rare and we will be thoroughly investigating the cause of the smoke incident. We apologise to those customers whose journeys were disrupted this morning."
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