Bus bursts into flames in Hertfordshire
A bus carrying secondary school pupils filled with smoke before bursting into flames in Offley, Hertfordshire this afternoon.
- Sarah Beecroft
Passengers lucky escape as bus turns into fireball
Passengers have had a lucky escape after their bus burst into flames.
The 102 service from Hitchin to Luton was carrying 16 people including secondary school pupils when it was engulfed by fire in the village of Great Offley in Hertfordshire.
The bus began to fill with smoke and was evacuated only moments before the fire took hold. It's not known was caused the blaze.
Watch this report from ITV News Anglia's Sarah Beecroft at the scene
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