A scheduled bus caught fire on the E6 at Mortensrud in Oslo. The police reported the incident at 01:17 on Sunday night. At 01:38 the police report that the fire has been extinguished. – The fire itself has been extinguished, but there is still some smoke, writes operations manager Bjørn Gunnar Nysæter in the Oslo Police District on the Police Log. The bus was not in traffic, and only the driver was on board. Nysæter reports that the driver is safe. The southbound direction out of Oslo is closed on the spot, and it is being assessed whether measures should be taken for the inbound direction as well. Currently, this direction is open in one field. – The fire started while driving. The driver was the only one on board and the bus was on its way to parking, writes Nysæter. One lane has been opened past the site in the southbound direction. The carriageway has been washed, but it may be slippery past the spot due to extinguishing foam, Nysæter updates at 04:02 on Sunday morning. (NTB/news)
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