An electrical college bus went up in flames Monday morning.
At round 8:30 a.m., Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fireplace Division obtained a name a few automobile fireplace on Earls Street in Huntsville.
Once they arrived they discovered a yellow college bus utterly engulfed in flames.
All college students had been faraway from the bus.
“The varsity bus had damaged down previous to the hearth beginning. The motive force of the bus had known as for a alternative bus, which picked up the passengers shortly earlier than the flames turned seen,” stated Grant Murchison, Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fireplace Division’s fireplace prevention officer.
The reason for the hearth has not been decided, nonetheless it is not believed that the massive battery of the electrical college bus was concerned within the fireplace, he stated.
The Workplace of the Fireplace Marshal has been contacted to analyze the incident.
Murchison stated because of the quantity of water used to extinguish the hearth, they’re asking drivers to keep away from Earls Street between Muskoka Street 3 North and Campus Path as a consequence of icy situations.
Not one of the properties on Earls Street had been affected and no accidents have been reported, he stated.
Hydro One additionally attended as a precautionary measure, because the bus was in shut proximity to the hydro wires.
