Breaking News – Bus on fire at Perth Esplanade.
A bus appears to have caught fire at the Perth Esplanade train station and bus port, underneath the Perth convention centre.
A fire at Perth train station, busport and convention centre – Perth CBD flared up around 2.30pm Perth time Tuesday.
There were no reports of injuries.
Post Updates
Just left Esplanade bus port. Bus on fire. Everyone pretty calm, assuming no one on it #perthnews #perth pic.twitter.com/2fR4GAFT1b
— Dan Baker (@danbaker01) July 14, 2015
Dan Baker tweeted that he witnessed a bus on fire at the Bus Port under the Perth Convention and Exhibition Center.
Image of Fire as seen from an office building in Osborne Park, Perth around 2.30pm Tuesday.
Images: Perth began Tweeting images of the fire as soon as it started, with office workers tweeting @TweetPerth from their buildings.
TweetPerth followers reported that there was very thick smoke across the CBD.
Smoke pouring out of Perth Busport! @tweetperth @perthnow #perthsmokecloud pic.twitter.com/4f3daO3Z7O
— Madi (@Madiii_b) July 14, 2015
Heavy smoke at the convention centre / bus port … Not looking healthy @tweetperth pic.twitter.com/av3jIRwHG0
— steven.nelkovski (@stevennelkovski) July 14, 2015
@tweetperth pic.twitter.com/wJkdLSy49S
— Jessica Panton (@jessjess2226) July 14, 2015
@tweetperth @craigofmanning pic.twitter.com/oy1V5hYOP4
— K R (@krowe73) July 14, 2015
A scary site in the Perth CBD with thick black smoke rising above the city skyline
@tweetperth pic.twitter.com/jdNkz1Tqqf
— KJ (@kristyj75) July 14, 2015
Update: Nine News Perth reported there were no injuries
The Esplanade Busport has been evacuated following a fire on an OC-500 gas bus. Fortunately no one was injured. pic.twitter.com/FyyGrlXhpI
— Nine News Perth (@9NewsPerth) July 14, 2015