Aussie tourists escape Gallipoli bus blaze

A bus load of Australian and New Zealand tourists have had a terrifying journey to Anzac Day commemorations in Gallipoli after their bus caught fire.

Forty-five passengers were making their way from Izmir about five hours from Anzac Cove, when the engine on their bus started to smoke.

The driver ordered everyone off as they tried to douse the flames.

The local fire brigade was called but the bus was soon engulfed in flames.

No passengers were injured but their luggage was incinerated.

Definitive Events, the Australian company organising the Dawn Service, has taken the group to a hotel in Canakkale about 45 minutes from the site, where warm clothes and blankets are being provided.

With temperatures in the day reaching about 25 degrees, the travellers were not dressed for the cooler conditions expected in the evening.

Temperatures are forecast to drop to around 12 degrees along with a wind chill factor when the Dawn Service begins in Gallipoli.

Organisers expect the group will still make the trip and a tent is being offered to them to help with the cold.

About 1300 people are tipped to descend on Anzac Dove for the 103rd anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli.