Police seal off London streets over bus fire
AFP, London
Police sealed off a number of streets in central London yesterday after an incident on board a bus in which smoke was reported, a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said. A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said there had been a "small fire" on board a bus near the King's Cross train and subway station, while a police source said there had been no explosions. "We've been alerted to reports of smoke reportedly seen on a double-decker bus at Gray's Inn Road," the spokeswoman told AFP. "We're attempting to establish the exact circumstances of the incident. "A cordon have been put in place as a precaution," she added. Another police source said detectives were investigating the cause of a fire on a bus. "There have been no bangs. We're investigating what it is," the source said. A London Fire Brigade spokesman added that there was "small fire on a bus. ... It seems there was a bag found as well. Nobody was injured". A spokesman for Transport for London, which oversees the British capital's Underground and bus network, said the incident occurred on a number 205 double-decker bus, which runs between Paddington and Whitechapel.
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