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Photo: Provided/Jarrad Wilson
An engine fire on a passenger bus closed the state highway 1, near Pigeon Flat RD, north of Dunedin tonight.
A police door said the emergency services were called around 5:50 pm.
Both lanes of the highway were briefly closed, but police reopened a track under traffic management.
A passenger on the bus, Robert Farquhar, said he began to have problems around Waitati, but persevered for another ten minutes before losing power.
“Gradually, smoke started filtering in the cabin. It’s no surprise that we all left the bus to see it slowly get involved in smoke and then call it,” he said.
Firefighters fight a fire on a passenger bus on the North Dunedin Highway. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
All passengers were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported, said the door.
New Zealand’s fire and emergence were also at the scene.
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