WATCH: Highland bus melts road after catching fire

Blaze destroys bus on the A82 which had to be shut for hours.

Author: Bryan RutherfordPublished 10th May 2018
Last updated 10th May 2018

The A82 was shut earlier while firefighters battled a blaze caused by a bus catching fire near the Torvean Golf Course in Inverness.

Thick black smoke could be seen for miles, and although no one was hurt in the incident, the vehicle was destroyed in the inferno.

Heat from the flames was so intense that a section of the road actually melted, and for a time after the incident only one lane was open with a temporary traffic lights system in place.

Both lanes have since re-opened.

WATCH: This was the scene earlier...