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Town centre street sealed off as coach catches fire


Published on Thursday 29 April 2010 19:15

A town centre street was sealed off tonight after a National Express coach caught fire in Northampton.

Huge flames and a blanket of smoke poured out of the back of the coach at about 5.45pm before firefighters were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze.

Fire crews were forced to work quickly to prevent the flames spreading to nearby buildings. No passengers are understood to have been on the bus at the time of the fire, which started in the seating area of the coach.

The cause is under investigation. Nobody is believed to have been injured in the fire.

Crews from Mereway, Moulton and Earls Barton were called to the scene.

A spokeswoman for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called following reports of a National Express coach being on fire. Bridge Street has been closed due to fire safety reasons."

For full details see Friday's Chronicle & Echo.

Do you have pictures or video of the fire? Send them in to editor@northantsnews.co.uk and we will try to publish as many as possible both online and in the paper.


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