Scum set fire to a bus

A double-decker bus was the target of an incendiary attack on a busy Birmingham thoroughfare. The incandescent spectacle forced passengers to evacuate the bus in an emergency. Firefighters, equipped with gas masks, braved the blaze on Soho Road, managing to extinguish the fire in less than thirty minutes. West Midlands Police confirmed that there were no casualties and that the attack was being treated as an act of arson.