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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T17:13:02.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "London Emergency Service records highest number of emergency calls as heatwave grips UK",
    "New June temperature record broken with mercury only dropping to 23.5C overnight",
    "Police drones deployed across all London boroughs in latest bid to combat capital's crime epidemic",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA double-decker electric bus burst into flames at a west London depot on Wednesday evening.\n\nIt coincides with the hottest June day ever recorded in the capital.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe blaze broke out at Westbourne Park Garage on Great Western Road, completely destroying the No 23 bus that operates between Westbourne Park and Aldwych.\n\nTwo electric vehicle charging points were also reduced to wreckage by the fire.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDepot workers looked on in disbelief as the flames consumed the vehicle.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade confirmed that no injuries resulted from the incident.\n\nThe cause of the fire is now under investigation.\n\nFirst Bus London operates the Westbourne Park facility, which serves multiple routes across the capital.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMore than 24 firefighters battled the blaze at the Great Western Road site.\n\nEmergency services received the initial call at 6.23pm and brought the situation under control by 7.11pm.\n\nThe London Fire Brigade said: \"Firefighters will remain on scene into the evening. Crews from North Kensington and Paddington fire stations attended the scene.\"\n\nPlumes of smoke were visible across a wide area, reaching as far as Lord's cricket ground, where the England women's team were facing the West Indies in the T20 World Cup.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:\n\n\n\n\n  * London Emergency Service records highest number of emergency calls as heatwave grips UK\n  * New June temperature record broken with mercury only dropping to 23.5C overnight\n  * Police drones deployed across all London boroughs in latest bid to combat capital's crime epidemic\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe nearby Westbourne Park Tube station was forced to close after the fire broke out.\n\nServices resumed stopping at the station from 6.56pm after a brief suspension.\n\nThis incident follows a pattern of electric bus fires that occurred in south London during January 2024.\n\nA double-decker caught alight during morning rush hour in Wimbledon.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt prompted Transport for London to withdraw an entire fleet of electric vehicles from service as a precautionary measure.\n\nThe affected buses were operated by London General, a Go-Ahead London subsidiary, running on route 200.\n\nThat same month, another electric bus was destroyed by fire at a depot on Chelverton Road in Putney.\n\nInvestigators are now working to determine what sparked Wednesday's blaze at Westbourne Park, though no conclusions have been reached yet.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**\n**\n\n**\n**\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "London electric bus bursts into flames as heatwave lights vehicle on fire"
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