Naked man uses bus to flee blaze

A quick-thinking bus driver came to the rescue by manoeuvring his vehicle to help a naked man escape from a burning building.

The man was thought to have been in the shower when the fire started in his third-floor flat above a café in Braintree, Essex, and he found himself trapped.

Passers-by flagged down off-duty bus driver Andy Waterman, who positioned his double-decker close to the roof of the flat, allowing the man to jump about 10ft to safety. Firefighters then arrived and pitched a ladder to help him to the ground.