A bus caught fire west of Field yesterday morning, Nov. 19, 2015. Credit: @Ryan_Watmough Photographer: Jennifer Stahn

Passengers escape Greyhound bus fire near Field

FIELD, B.C. – All the passengers escaped when a Greyhound bus caught fire yesterday morning on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Alberta border, but the blaze forced the major highway to close.

The bus caught fire yesterday morning, Nov. 19, roughly 15 kilometres west of Field on Highway 1, according to Golden RCMP.

All 26 passengers and the driver managed to get off the bus with no injuries reported, according to a RCMP media release.

The highway fully reopened by about 11 a.m., according to Drive B.C.

No word on what caused the bus fire.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

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