Bus catches alight on M19

AROUND 13 people have been injured when the bus they were travelling in on the M19, just before the N2 interchange, caught alight.

According to Rescue Care emergency services, it is not clear how the bus caught on fire. Rescue Care’s Ceron Lennox said fortunately there were no fatalities.

“We arrived on scene to find the bus well alight with patients scattered everywhere and they had minor burn wounds,” she said.

She said there were no serious injuries except for one patient that suffered a sever asthma attack.

“Rescue Care transported some of the patients to a nearby hospital for further treatment,” Lennox said.