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    1. Operations & Training

    Watch NC Bus Catch Fire, Explode

    Aug. 20, 2019
    Fayetteville firefighters put out the blaze that destroyed a bus after the driver smelled smoke and was able to get the passengers out of the vehicle in time.

    By Bailey Aldridge

    Source The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

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    A Fayetteville, NC, bus caught fire and exploded Monday.
    A Fayetteville, NC, bus caught fire and exploded Monday.

    A city bus carrying passengers in North Carolina was destroyed after it caught on fire and exploded Monday morning, video shows.

    The fire happened about 10 a.m. in Fayetteville, reported ABC11, The News & Observer’s media partner.

    A video from ABC11 shows the Fayetteville Area System of Transit bus explode and become engulfed in flames.

    Witnesses told the TV station the bus driver smelled smoke before the incident and everyone got off the bus in time.

    Firefighters put out the flames, but the bus was destroyed, ABC11 reported.

    Fayetteville is about 65 miles south of Raleigh.

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