College students, driver escape moments earlier than NJ college bus bursts into flames on freeway

Harris Marley

World Courant

A faculty bus carrying college students was engulfed in flames alongside New Jersey’s Backyard State Parkway on Wednesday, hearth officers mentioned.

Firefighters responded round 2:30 p.m. to mile marker 20.8 southbound on the parkway in Cape Could County and located the fireplace raging all through the bus, the Seaville Fireplace and Rescue Firm mentioned.

All 10 college students and the bus driver had already escaped the burning bus by the point firefighters and EMS arrived. No accidents had been reported, in accordance with hearth officers.

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Seaville firefighters labored with crews from the Marmora Volunteer Fireplace Firm and battled the fireplace for about two hours earlier than extinguishing the flames.

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The varsity bus burst into flames alongside the Backyard State Parkway in Cape Could County on Wednesday. The motive force and all the scholars aboard escaped unhurt. (Marmora Volunteer Fireplace Firm )

One pupil instructed WPVI-TV that they smelled smoke and heard a loud bang earlier than evacuating the bus.

Firefighters battled the flames for about two hours. (Marmora Volunteer Fireplace Firm )

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The kid’s father, Kevin Capone, instructed the station that the scenario was “very scary.”

The charred stays of the college bus are seen alongside the Backyard State Parkway in Cape Could County. (Marmora Volunteer Fireplace Firm )

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“It is each mother or father’s worst nightmare as a result of you do not know the place they’re sitting on the bus, you do not know the place they’re at,” he mentioned.

The reason for the fireplace was nonetheless underneath investigation. (Marmora Volunteer Fireplace Firm )

The reason for the fireplace was unclear. 

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The Cape Could County Fireplace Marshals workplace and the New Jersey State Police are investigating.

College students, driver escape moments earlier than NJ college bus bursts into flames on freeway

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