Bus catches fire in Mackie Academy car park By October 7 2014, 9:50 am October 7 2014, 9:50 am Share Bus catches fire in Mackie Academy car park Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/367160/bus-catches-fire-mackie-academy-car-park/ Copy Link Firefighters are battling the blaze in Hatton A bus caught fire in the car park of an Aberdeenshire school this morning. The incident happened at Mackie Academy, Stonehaven, at around 8.30am. Two fire crews were called to the scene from Stonehaven fire station, and tackled the fire using two hose reel jets and two breathing apparatus. No one was injured in the fire, which was contained before 9am. No children were said to be aboard the bus when the fire – which started in the vehicle’s engine – broke out. The entrance to the school was closed while firefighters tackled the blaze. A police spokeswoman said: “Fire and rescue confirmed no one was on board, it was an engine fire, there was no criminality.” There was no requirement to close the nearby Slug Road.
