A video showed thick smoke billowing from the rear of the vehicle
A residential street was packed with dense smoke after a Stagecoach bus caught fire in what the firm branded a "technical issue".
No injuries were reported during the incident. A number of people speculated that the diesel engine on board the bus had "run away" – a rare occurrence in diesel engines in which extra fuel is unwittingly fed into the engine while it is running, causing it to run above its normal operating limit. "This is why it's called runaway, because the revs are running away. These buses are automatic so no way to stall it."
Stagecoach was contacted for comment. The firm said earlier on Twitter that a "technical issue" had delayed the 33 service from Cowdenbeath to Kirkcaldy and back.
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