Hackney: Children evacuated as school bus catches fire

Children had to be evacuated from their school bus when it caught fire.

Firefighters managed to put out the blaze, which left the 30-seater bus as a charred shell. It caught alight during Friday morning's school run.

Another six vehicles and small sections of several surrounding properties on Wilton Way in Hackney, east London, were also damaged.

A Hackney Council spokesman said the cause of the fire was yet to be determined.

There were no reports of injuries, a spokesperson from London Fire Brigade said, adding that all the passengers had left the vehicle before firefighters arrived.

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