Flames tear through minibus on major A-road as terrified travellers clutching suitcases left stranded

Published on July 11, 2025 at 01:26 PM

FLAMES have torn through a minibus on a major A-road leaving terrified travellers stranded on the side of the carriageway.

Fire crews raced to the scene near Junction 51 of the northbound A1 at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, at around 11.30am today to extinguish the growing inferno.

Footage showed the vehicle giving off thick black smoke as it was consumed by the fire, with people seen standing next to the burning minibus with suitcases, witnesses reported.

The fire service confirmed it had attended the blaze and extinguished the fire.

One witness who recorded a video of the blaze said: “[It] must have not long happened as only as we were moving further down we saw fire engines starting to race up.

“[We] saw people on side of the road with suitcases so [it] must have been a travel mini bus.”;

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Minibus engulfed in flames on a highway.
The minibus was engulfed in flames on the northbound carriageway of the A1 near Leeming Bar

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