#Oxfordfire<br />A blaze tore through a bus in Oxford this evening, with firefighters placing a road on lockdown.<br /><br />Emergency services rushed to the northbound side of Oxford’s Eastern Bypass, just past a Mini production plant.<br />Nearby drivers abandoned their vehicles as the fire took hold of the Stagecoach bus.<br /><br />The vehicle was empty when the blaze began, The Oxford Mail reports.<br /><br />Eyewitness David Hockaday tweeted: “Ring road by BMW factory anti-clockwise blocked by blazing bus.<br /><br />“Clockwise looks shut off too. Fire crews have arrived. Traffic standstill. Avoid ring road.”<br />Documentary-makers at Angel Sharp Media tweeted: "BUS ON FIRE. Driver is safe. Emergency services just arriving."<br /><br />Dramatic footage showed a queue of cars at a standstill, with plumes of smoke billowing from the vehicle.<br /><br />The driver reportedly got out and ran to the other side of the road after the bus started overheating.<br /><br /><br />Nazmin Miah, who is stuck in the traffic, said cars were being let through as of 8.45pm.<br /><br />Another eyewitness added: "It was very dramatic – oncoming cars were driving through huge clouds of smoke with their headlights lighting the flames and smoke up.<br />"The small flames started inside the bus in the middle, then they started growing. We couldn't quite believe it.<br /><br />"Then the back window smashed with a loud noise, and flames started pouring out of the windows."
