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SCHOOL BUS FIRE |
Atlanta School Bus Catches Fire, 40 Students Escape
POSTED: 3:23 pm EDT March 27,
2008
UPDATED: 5:35 am EDT March 28,
2008
ATLANTA -- An Atlanta Public Schools bus went up in flames Thursday afternoon, but all 40 students aboard escaped without injury.
RAW VIDEO: School Bus Catches Fire
The bus driver told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter John Bachman that he smelled smoke coming from the vehicle just after 3 p.m.He said he pulled over on Chateaugay Lane in northeast Atlanta and ordered the children, first through fifth graders at Sarah Smith Elementary School, to line up and exit the bus as quickly as possible. They all got out before the bus burst into flames.The driver is being called a hero for his quick action.When parents who heard about the fire rushed to the scene, the bus was a charred hulk.There's no word yet on what started the fire.
RAW VIDEO: School Bus Catches FireThe bus driver told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter John Bachman that he smelled smoke coming from the vehicle just after 3 p.m.He said he pulled over on Chateaugay Lane in northeast Atlanta and ordered the children, first through fifth graders at Sarah Smith Elementary School, to line up and exit the bus as quickly as possible. They all got out before the bus burst into flames.The driver is being called a hero for his quick action.When parents who heard about the fire rushed to the scene, the bus was a charred hulk.There's no word yet on what started the fire.
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