A double-decker bus fire caused the closure of a major motorway for 11 hours in Perthshire as emergency services tackled the blaze.
The vehicle was seen in flames on the M90, near Bridge of Earn on Saturday evening at around 7pm.
A police statement on social media said: “Police Scotland would like to advise motorists that the M90 is shut between Junction 9 and 10, North Bound due to a vehicle fire.
junction 10 north bound a stagecoach bus just exploded and it went on fire, avoid #m90 #perth bus was empty TG pic.twitter.com/37oxhlavQk
— Karina UK (@KarinaUrbanoUK) November 6, 2021
“This area of the M90 is located near to Bridge of Earn, Perth. Diversions are currently being put in place along the A912.”
Road closed for 11 hours
A spokesman added: “At around 6.50pm on Saturday November 6, officers were called to a report of a bus on fire on the M90 northbound near junction 10.
“Emergency services attended and the road re-opened at around 5.50am on Sunday, 7 November, 2021.
“There were no reports of anyone injured.”
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We got the call at 6.42pm to a double-decker bus on fire.
“We had three appliances attend and we received the stop 8:40pm and our last appliance left the scene at 9:25pm.
