Small bus bursts into flames on Gowanus Expressway

Citizen video shows the thick dark clouds of smoke emitting from the bus.

News 12 Staff

Aug 29, 2025, 4:14 PM

Updated 1 hr ago

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A small bus burst into flames on the Gowanus Expressway around 10 a.m. Friday.
Officials say when they arrived, they reported that the vehicle was a small bus which had lit up on fire near Exit 25 by the Battery Tunnel.
Citizen video shows the thick dark clouds of smoke emitting from the bus.
At this time, there have been no reported injuries.
However, the bus is totaled as the fire consumed everything, but the frame of the bus.