THE A404 has reopened in both directions following a bus fire on the Handy Cross roundabout which caused traffic delays earlier this afternoon.
The fire on board the Arriva bus started at about 4.10pm on the northbound carriageway of the A404.
The emergency services raced to the scene and cordoned off the A404 in both directions while firefighters tackled the blaze. All lanes re-opened at 5pm.
No-one was injured in the fire, which watch manager John Franklin of High Wycombe fire station said started at the engine-end of the bus.
He said: “By the time we battled through the traffic, the fire was going very well by then.
"The driver, who looked like he was a mechanic by the way he was dressed, was well out of the way.”
Motorist Tracey Gray said earlier today: “I had just picked my daughter up from school in Bourne End and the emergency services had just block off the road.
"It's pretty spectacular.”
An out of service Arriva bus burst into flames in almost the same spot on the High Wycombe roundabout in June (see link).
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