London Bus catches fire

A bus has gone up in flames while driving through Brixton, in south-west London. A spokeswoman from London Fire Brigade said a team had rushed to the site of the fire after receiving a call around 9.50 on Friday morning. There had been close to 20 further calls about the incident following this initial alert, she said. It was not currently clear how many people had been on the bus when it caught on fire. A TFL spokesman said both the passengers on the bus at the time of the incident, as well as the driver, had managed to get off the vehicle safely. No one had received any injuries as a result of the blaze, he added. An investigation would be launched by the transport agency in due course, to establish the cause of the fire. An NHS heatwave health alert has been issued for parts of England today as Brits prepare to bake in 34C heat, while a 'Level 3' warning is in force for London, the east and south-east of England. It was not known whether the bus fire was at all linked to the rising temperatures.