Updated April 25, 2018 09:36:44

Photo: The bus was incinerated in the blaze. (Reuters)

Australians and New Zealanders on their way to Anzac Day ceremonies at Gallipoli had a lucky escape after their bus burst into flames.

Forty-five passengers were making the five-hour trip from the Turkish city of Izmir to Anzac Cove when the engine began smoking in the district of Kucukkuyu.

The driver told everyone to get off the bus and run into a nearby field.

No-one was hurt.

Vision captured on the scene showed the bus was incinerated and the passengers' baggage destroyed.

Many passengers decided to carry on to the site of the World War I landing for the dawn service.

Each year thousands of Australians and New Zealanders make their way to Turkey to attend the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove.

As security has tightened attendance has declined in recent years.

Approximately 2,130 people attended the Gallipoli dawn service in 2017, well down on the 3,400 who attended in 2016.

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Topics: fires, anzac-day, road, turkey

First posted April 25, 2018 09:06:34