Party bus catches fire on 405 Freeway in Irvine
A party bus caught fire on the northbound 405 Freeway in Irvine on New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, but nobody was injured.
Authorities were notified about the fire at 4:05 p.m. on the freeway north of Culver Avenue, according to the Myra Delgado of the California Highway Patrol. The bus burned in the far left lane, prompting some lane closures on both sides of the freeway to accommodate fire crews.
About 25 passengers were aboard the vehicle when the fire broke out, a CHP dispatcher said. They were escorted off the freeway while they waited for a replacement bus to pick them up.
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The incident resulted in a SigAlert that left the northbound HOV lane closed as of 5:30 p.m.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
More information will be added to this report when it becomes available.
Staff writer Eric Licas contributed to this report.