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An electric bus has caught fire in London, making it the third such incident to go up in flames in the capital this month.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze engulfing a single-decker bus at a bus garage in Chelverton Road, Putney, on Wednesday.
Twenty people were evacuated from the garage by the time emergency services arrived on the scene.
Video posted on social media shows a huge fire breaking out inside a bus garage in Putney.
London Fire Brigade said part of the bus was damaged in the fire.
“Approximately 20 people exited the building before firefighters arrived, but there were no reports of injuries,” the service said in a statement.
“The brigade's 999 controllers received nine calls regarding the fire. The brigade received the call at 8:21 a.m. and the fire was extinguished by 9:13 a.m.
“Two fire engines from Fulham and Tooting fire stations attended the scene. The cause of the fire is under investigation.”
An electric bus caught fire in Putney on Wednesday.
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In a message to staff, Go Ahead said “preventative vehicle inspections” of around 380 electric buses were currently underway.
It added: “It is very unusual for this type of incident to occur on our premises” on Wednesday.
Just after 7.20am on January 11, a double-decker bus burst into flames on Wimbledon Hill Road in south-west London.
London Fire Brigade said three fire engines and around 15 firefighters were at the scene, a 25-metre cordon was set up and the road was closed.
Three fire engines and around 15 firefighters were called to the scene of a rush-hour bus fire in Wimbledon on Thursday (@StevenW65432097/PA)
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The following day, January 12, a second electric bus caught fire in North Woolwich, east London.
Following the incident, Transport for London (TfL) announced that electric buses on Route 200 between Raynes Park and Mitcham would be “temporarily removed” by operator GoAhead.
Electric buses were introduced in the capital in 2014. According to TfL, there are currently around 1,000 zero-emission buses in service across London, the majority of which are electric vehicles.