Bus Catches Fire on Texas Freeway

    July 8, 2010
    HOUSTON -- A METRO bus was evacuated on a freeway on Wednesday, KPRC Local 2 reported. The top of the back of the bus caught fire in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the North Freeway near East Tidwell Road shortly after 6 a.m. Houston firefighters arrived at the scene quickly and put the flames out. Everyone on the bus got out safely. No injuries were reported.

    HOUSTON --

    A METRO bus was evacuated on a freeway on Wednesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

    The top of the back of the bus caught fire in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the North Freeway near East Tidwell Road shortly after 6 a.m.

    Houston firefighters arrived at the scene quickly and put the flames out.

    Everyone on the bus got out safely. No injuries were reported.

    After the fire was put out, traffic in the HOV squeezed by the bus. The HOV lane was later shut down for about 20 minutes while a wrecker hauled the bus away.

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