Transitway reopens after double-decker bus fire

Passengers were forced off a double-decker OC Transpo bus that caught fireat a transit station west of downtown Ottawa during rush hour Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were called toQueensway station at about 7:45 a.m.

The fire was under control by 7:55 a.m.

The City of Ottawa said all passengers got off the bus safely, but an OC Transpo special constable who was helping with the evacuation suffered minor smoke inhalation.

Ottawa paramedics said the special constable wouldlikely not need to be taken to a hospital.

The southbound Transitway wasclosed until about 11:30 a.m.

Queensway station is a few stations west of Westboro station, where a double-decker bus crash killed three people earlier this month and sparked renewedconcernabout the safety of Ottawa's double-decker bus fleet.