PHOTOS: Fire on local school bus; no students aboard
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CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — A Cleveland Metropolitan School District bus caught fire on Wednesday, Feb. 28, officials confirmed.
The fire occurred while the bus was at a school district depot, according to a statement from district spokesperson Phillip Morris. No students were aboard at the time.
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Newburgh Heights firefighters responded just before 9:30 a.m. to the depot along East 49th Street, where the parked bus was fully engulfed in flames, according to a report.
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Newburgh Heights firefighters got out in front and helped extinguish the fire, then assisted with cooling propane tanks that were underneath the bus. Then, two firefighters “climbed underneath the bus and turned off the propane tanks,” reads the report.
The bus, seen in photos marked as No. 327, was totally destroyed.
The fire is still under investigation, said Morris.
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