Power Street closed as smoke blankets Melbourne
A bus fire in Southbank has closed a thoroughfare and sent acrid smoke wafting through Melbourne.
Vision online shows flames emanating from the bus on Power Street near the CityLink off-ramp, and an enormous plume of smoke blowing eastward over the city towards the Yarra.
Power Street has been closed in all directions as a result.
Roselle Angel Guno was walking to her home around 7.30pm when she saw the bus smoking and firefighters on the scene.
“About a minute later, it exploded,” she said.
“I ran so fast, so that just in time I was on the other side [of the road]. I just wanted to save myself.”
Guno said she saw the driver get off the bus, and there didn’t appear to be anyone else on board.
Fire Rescue Victoria said the diesel bus had no passengers on it at the time, and no injuries have been reported.
