No injuries in Rome bus fire

(ANSA) - Rome, June 1 - A public bus in Rome caught fire on Wednesday morning, causing panic among the morning rush-hour crowd of passengers aboard, ANSA sources said.
    All passengers were safely evacuated before bus 495 became fully engulfed in flames on Corso d'Italia, a large thoroughfare about two kilometres north of the city's central train station.
    Some passengers said they smelled a burning odor prior to the flames breaking out.
    The first responders were a patrol of plainclothes Carabinieri police driving on the other side of the street at the time of the incident, who secured the area to prevent injuries and damage in the event of an explosion.
    The fire may have started in the bus's engine, sources said.