Overview

• An electric double-decker bus caught fire in southwest London during rush hour, leading to the evacuation of passengers but no reported injuries.
• Following the incident, Transport for London (TfL) and the bus operator, Go-Ahead, have temporarily withdrawn the fleet of electric buses from service as a precautionary measure.
• The bus manufacturer, Switch, is under scrutiny as all buses made by the company will be thoroughly checked as a matter of priority.
• Despite the incident, TfL maintains that London's bus network remains safe to use.
• In an unrelated incident, a hybrid double-decker bus also caught fire in east London, but no connection between the two incidents is suspected.