WATCH: Video of a Wilson Bus fire at Fort and Blanshard in Victoria. The first video is courtesy Mona Hazeldine. Video of the fire at the street level is courtesy Avalon Accounting’s twitter account.
Latest: Wilson Transportation says a bus driver is fine and has the rest of the day off after a fire broke out on board one the company’s vehicles Wednesday morning in downtown Victoria.
John Wilson says the driver was examined by medical officials and is okay.
Fire officials say the driver did suffer smoke inhalation.
Wilson says the company will conduct its own investigation into what caused the blaze that burst out on Fort and Blanchard streets Wednesday morning.
Victoria Police first reported the fire just before 8:30 a.m. while assisting Victoria firefighters on the scene.
Nearby businesses were evacuated and traffic was disrupted.
Victoria police reported Blanshard Street re-opened just before 10 a.m.
There were no other passengers on board.
Wilson said the last time an incident like this happened on one of the company’s vehicles was more than a decade ago.
We are at Blanshard & Fort for a vehicle fire. Please avoid the area. We will be evacuating people from nearby businesses. #yyjtraffic
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) February 28, 2018
Video courtesy Peter Knowles.
Traffic at Fort & Blanshard & nearby businesses will be disrupted as we are closing streets to support Victoria Fire Department quell the flames. #yyjtraffic
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) February 28, 2018
We're opening up #yyjtraffic on Fort Street shortly. Expect delays & disruptions as some lanes will remain closed. #yyj #F188393 #Busfire
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) February 28, 2018
UPDATE | Looks like no injuries requiring hospital treatment in this morning's #busfire. #thankgoodness #yyjtraffic #yyj #F188393
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) February 28, 2018