Fire Crews Called To Coach Fire On A3 Near Petersfield

Two retained fire appliances  from Petersfield and Bordon have been  called after a coach  caught fire on the busy A3 northbound carriageway near Petersfield. Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus  tackled the blaze which had engulfed the rear engine compartment of the coach using a high pressure hose reel.  It is thought that the crews managed to contain the blaze to the compartment and stop it from spreading. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000vkD1uGXXZE4″ g_name=”Coach-Fire-A3″ width=”800″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] Officer from Hampshire Road Policing from Havant have closed one lane of the carriage whilst a recovery operation takes place of the  52 seater  single decker coach from AMK Nobody is thought to have been hurt in the incident.