An eye-witness captured a photo of smoke rising from the bus. Photo / Supplied
Firefighters across Christchurch were called to the southern motorway this morning to tackle a bus that had caught fire.
The blaze was “well alight” according to the Fire and Emergency shift manager, Simon Lyford.
Crews received a call that a bus was on fire on the motorway at 6.30am, two crews from Rolleston and Wigram responded, along with a tanker to fight the blaze.
When they arrived, Lyford said firefighters were forced to close the Rolleston end of the motorway for a period while the fire was extinguished with hoses.
Nobody was injured during the blaze, only the bus driver was on the vehicle at the time of the blaze - who Lyford confirmed was fine.
The fire was fully extinguished at 7.20am; the bus was later towed away from the scene.
Lyford said the motorway was now back fully open again.
Police could be seen cordoning off a street in the area.