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School bus fire
Spring Valley, NY
Police & Fire
Video
: School Bus Catches Fire In Spring Valley
A potentially dangerous situation was brought under control within minutes after a school bus engine caught fire in Rockland County. The incident happened on Tuesday, Aug. 12 in Spring Valley on Pipetown Hill Road, according to a report by the Monsey Scoop. Responding units from the Spring Valley Fire Department and Clarkstown Police found that the flames had already been knocked down by a fire extinguisher onboard the bus. No injuries were reported, and the fire was contained to the engine compartment. Officials have not said what caused the blaze. Firefighters remained on scene to hos…
Landover, MD
Police & Fire
School Bus Catches Fire With Students On Board In Landover (
Developing
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A school bus carrying 15 elementary school students went up in flames Tuesday afternoon in Prince George’s County — but, no one was hurt, fire officials said. Firefighters with the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department responded to Twilight Drive and Covenant Gardens Court in Landover around 4:39 p.m. on April 1 for a reported school bus fire, according to officials. The fire was extinguished quickly, and no injuries were reported. The bus was identified as Bus #6041 from Thomas G. Pullen Elementary School, and all 15 students on board were safely evacuated. A new bus was dispatched …
Washingtonville, NY
Police & Fire
School Bus Goes Up In Flames In Blooming Grove
A school bus was engulfed by flames on an Orange County road on Wednesday evening, Feb. 12. The incident happened in Blooming Grove on Museum Village Road near Route 208, where the bus caught on fire. The vehicle was initially reported to be a Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District bus, but Superintendent Joel Peltlin said it belonged to a private vendor and was not related to the school district at the time of the fire. More information about injuries and if any children were on the bus is not yet known. This is a developing story. Check back to Daily…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
School Bus Goes Up In Flames In Valhalla
A busy road in the region was temporarily closed as crews battled a school bus fire. The blaze happened on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 7 in Northern Westchester County when the bus caught on fire in Valhalla on Grasslands Road (Route 100), according to the Valhalla Fire Department. Luckily, no students were aboard the bus at the time and no injuries were reported. The blaze was quickly put out and the bus was removed from the road, the department said, adding that the roadway was then reopened to traffic.
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
School Bus Catches Fire In Sayreville
A school bus caught fire in Sayreville on Tuesday afternoon, May 14, authorities said. All seven passengers and the driver escaped safely, they said. Police and firefighters were at the scene of the fire reported at 3:55 p.m. on Louis Street, according to Lt. James Novak, a Sayreville police spokesman. Alternate arrangements were being made to bring the students home, Novak said. The cause of the fire had not been determined as of press time. Residents were urged to avoid the area.
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
Police & Fire
School Bus Carrying Students Bursts Into Flames On Garden State Parkway
Ten students and their bus driver were uninjured when their school bus burst into flames on the Garden State Parkway in Cape May County Wednesday, April 17, firefighters said. Firefighters and EMS units were dispatched to mile marker 20.8 south in Upper Township around 2:30 where the bus had erupted in flames, according to Seaville Fire Rescue. Heavy flames were shooting out of the bus when responders arrived, and all 10 students and the bus driver had already safely exited. The Marmora Fire Department was requested for extra water and manpower. Crews operated for approximately two hours …
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Passerby Injured In PA School Bus Fire, Police Say
One person was hurt when a school bus caught fire in Lycoming County early on Monday, Feb. 12, authorities say. The bus' brakes began burning on Route 220 near Main Street in Jersey Shore Borough, Lycoming Regional police said in a release. The bus was pulled over and passengers were evacuating when police arrived at the scene, but a passerby was injured while trying to put out the fire, according to officials. He was treated at the scene before being taken to an area hospital, police said. He is not a student and the extent of his injuries is unclear. The roadway was sh…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Driver, Students Escape Unhurt In DelCo School Bus Fire
A school bus was destroyed by fire Wednesday, March 30 – but the driver and all students on board escaped unharmed, authorities said. Seventeen firefighters responded to the northbound I-476 off-ramp near Lancaster Avenue around 7 p.m., where they found the school bus engulfed in flames, the Radnor Fire Company said. At a little after 7 PM on March 30th, the Radnor Fire Company was dispatched to the Northbound I-476 off-ramp to... Posted by Radnor Fire Company on Thursday, March 31, 2022 The driver and an unspecified amount of students had evacuated and walked over to the high school, …
Lower Paxton, PA
News
School Bus Fire Shifts Classes Online For Some Derry Township Students Before COVID Outbreak
Derry Township School District classes were held online for Kindergarten through fifth grade students after school bus went up in flames Wednesday morning. The fire started from a spark in the vehicle’s electrical system while parked at the district's transportation facility off Clearwater Road in Hershey around 6:30 a.m., fire officials said. The bus was seriously damaged and no one was on board. Fire crews remained on the scene for approximately one hour. The following day, district officials announced a COVID-19 outbreak in the district and classes would be held online. The schoo…
Paramus, NJ
News
School Mini-Bus Catches Fire On Route 17
Paramus firefighters doused a small blaze on a school mini-bus on Route 17 late Thursday afternoon. No children were aboard the bus when the interior fire broke out on the southbound highway near Midland Avenue. The driver wasn't injured. Police also responded along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit, which cleaned up a diesel fuel spill. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Route 17 traffic wasn't affected.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Multiple School Buses Destroyed By Fire In East Orange: Reports
At least 10 school buses were destroyed by fire at an East Orange depot early Tuesday morning, WCBS 2 News reported. The fire was brought under control at Evergreen Place in about an hour. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
School Bus Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Middle School
Suffolk County correction officers teaching a program at William Floyd Middle School were first on the scene of a school bus fire in Moriches. The fire took place on Wednesday, Oct. 2, just before students were released for the day, said the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office. Officers Christopher Delaney and Brian Arce were at the school teaching the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program when the bus caught fire, police said. The two officers secured the scene and directed traffic as more busses and parents arrived to pick up students at the end of th…
