Another bus has reportedly went up in flames in Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday afternoon.

According to the nation’s media the MyCiTi bus heading into the city centre on Nelson Mandela Boulevard caught fire, sending a thick plume of smoke into the air.

The bus, which had no passengers aboard, stopped in the middle lane and the driver escaped.

Report further disclosed that the road had been closed and traffic heading towards Cape Town was being diverted.

The Golden Arrow bus caught fire around 2.20pm, and a company spokesman said while the cause of the blaze was unknown there was no reason to suspect arson.

                              The remains of the Golden Arrow bus that caught fire in Cape Town on April 25 2019. 
                                                            Image: Esa Alexander