PICS: Schoolkids' coach destroyed in M1 blaze

Firefighters have released images after a major fire on the M1 ripped through a coach carrying school children.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Jul 2016, 16:45 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 20:03 BST
Firefighters from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire attended a major fire on the M1.Firefighters from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire attended a major fire on the M1.
Firefighters from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire attended a major fire on the M1.

No-one was injured in the blaze that occurred at around 5.45pm yesterday (Wednesday, July 13).

Firefighters from Derbyshire Fire & Rescue and South Yorkshire fire services were in attendance at the fire, which is said to have started accidentally, between junctions 30 and 31 of the M1.

A spokesperson for DFRS said: "We sent fire engines from Staveley to a coach fire at Woodhall Services - no-one was hurt."

The incident involved a coach which set fire on the motorway while carrying school children home from a trip to Alton Towers.The incident involved a coach which set fire on the motorway while carrying school children home from a trip to Alton Towers.
The incident involved a coach which set fire on the motorway while carrying school children home from a trip to Alton Towers.
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SYFR said: "Firefighters from Central and Brierley Moor fire stations attended at 5.45pm and came away at 7pm.

"The coach was carrying school children back from a trip to Alton Towers. It was started accidentally but we don't have anymore information than that."

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