Emergency services have been attending a school bus fire near Leigh, North of Auckland this morning.
The incident was reported on Pakiri Road just before 8.30am.
The bus has been extensively damaged by fire.
“Four children were onboard at the time of the fire and they have all been safely removed,” Sergeant Mark Stallworthy says.
“It’s fortunate that no one has been hurt.”
Sergeant Stallworthy says Pakiri Road is down to one lane until about midday.
Further information will be available in due course.
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Whenever I see in the news of a bus fire the first thing I think, is it an electric bus? I get the feeling when they are electric that the media doesn’t want to mention it. The bus in the picture does look like the old petrol variety, but with a lot of electric vehicles on the road these days I feel that they should state in media pieces when fires occur on whether they are electric or not, no need to wait a week before doing so.
AI says it has not been reported any mention of it being an electric bus
But says that if it had been it would probably have been pointed out
Which still leaves the question raised in the air
Electric battery clean green death trap?
Whenever I see in the news of a bus fire the first thing I think, is it an electric bus? I get the feeling when they are electric that the media doesn’t want to mention it. The bus in the picture does look like the old petrol variety, but with a lot of electric vehicles on the road these days I feel that they should state in media pieces when fires occur on whether they are electric or not, no need to wait a week before doing so.
AI says it has not been reported any mention of it being an electric bus
But says that if it had been it would probably have been pointed out
Which still leaves the question raised in the air
AI says it wasn’t an electric bus
And if it was MSM would have told Us😁