Driver praised after blaze

The fire service has praised a driver for getting passengers to safety before a bus erupted in flames in Oxfordshire.

Fire crews tackled the blaze, which broke out on Saturday 22nd July, on the A4074 in Nuneham Courtenay.

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the driver ‘did an excellent job of ensuring all passengers had been evacuated from the bus’.

Operator Thames Travel said no one on the double-decker, which was part of its X40 service, was injured.