Emergency services have been called to a scene on Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin, after a double-decker bus caught fire.
Smoke was seen billowing from the rear end of the Dublin Bus vehicle and according to sources the fire has now been put out.
AA Roadwatch has said that the bus was outside the hospice and warned road users to to take care and avoid the South Dublin area.
Photographs of the incident in the capital are beginning to circulate online:
Some kind of an accident on Harold’s Cross road at end of my street. Bus on fire, smoke everywhere. pic.twitter.com/dBdmGO5ZGV
— Tony Cuddihy (@Tony_Cuddihy) June 9, 2014
Dublin bus has burst into flames on the Harold’s Cross Road. pic.twitter.com/Bkof6pOCgC
— Aingeala Flannery (@missflannery) June 9, 2014
Bus on fire in Harold’s Cross!! pic.twitter.com/otxARk6r4a
— Aisling Barrett (@A_J_Barrett) June 9, 2014
An Garda Síochána issued the following warning on Twitter:
Dublin: Harolds Cross Road inbound is currently closed to traffic @Harolds Cross Park due to a Bus on fire. Emergency Services are at scene. — An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) June 9, 2014
The aftermath:
The back of the bus on the Harold’s Cross Road. pic.twitter.com/28jx2RmNmr
— Tony Cuddihy (@Tony_Cuddihy) June 9, 2014
Lead image via Twitter.
