There was disruption this morning in east Greenwich after a bus caught fire.
It was believed to be a 422 which went up in flames. Luckily the adjacent building to the bus is set back from the road. The development on the old Greenwich hospital site has the most dangerous form of flammable ACM cladding and is seeing panels replaced.
Cladding being removed
Traffic was disrupted but is now flowing well.
WOOLWICH ROAD / ARMITAGE ROAD: Routes 129 177 180 286 422 unable to serve Woolwich Road between Blackwall Lane and Woolwich Road roundabout while the emergency services respond to a vehicle fire.
— TfL Bus Alerts (@TfLBusAlerts) February 21, 2020
TfL have not given a cause of the fire. No one was injured.
CDT
Good news that no one was injured in this incident. I hope the bus driver and passengers are all okay as incidents like this can be very unnerving for some people.