Driver Rescues Students From Burning Bus
No Injuries Reported
POSTED: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
UPDATED: 7:31 pm EST January 6,
2009
A bus driver in Macomb County, Mich., rescued five children and three staff members from a flaming bus Tuesday afternoon, Detroit television station WDIV reported.The bus driver told police she was driving on 24 Mile and Schoenherr roads when she noticed sparks and smoke coming out from under the dash.The driver safely evacuated the children and staff members before the yellow bus burst into flames.Fire investigators said an electrical fire started the blaze."Other than that I don't see anything suspicious," Shelby Township Firefighter Joe Selakowski said.Nobody was injured.The bus driver was transporting five 5-year-old autistic children back to school from a field trip when it caught fire, school officials said.Another bus was called to take the students back to the school."I am not sure they (the children) understood the significance of everything that happened," said Macomb Intermediate School District spokeswoman Beth Alberti.
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