Transport for London (TfL) insists all its remaining Optare Metrodecker buses are safe and will stay in service despite one catching fire in a blast that ripped off its back in Wimbledon yesterday.
Imagine being trapped in London rush hour traffic next to a huge 4500F / 2500C fireball, or even worse, being a passenger trapped on the upper deck of a burning EV.
Huge clouds of smoke billowed from the bus in the centre of Wimbledon in South West London this morning after it caught fire at about 7.20am, with firefighters setting up an 80ft (25m) cordon.