56 students escape South Carolina school bus fire unharmed

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Authorities in South Carolina say more than 50 students escaped without injury after the school bus they were riding caught fire.

The bus was carrying students to three different Spartanburg schools on Tuesday morning when two pupils in the rear noticed smoke rising outside the bus.

(PHOTO/VIDEO: David Porter)

Melissa Robinette, a spokeswoman for a Spartanburg school district, said the driver then parked the bus, helped students evacuate, and then arriving firefighters put out the fire.

Robinette said the 56 students on board were taken to their respective schools by another bus and no one was hurt.

Pictures showed the inside of the bus gutted and part of the front and the roof scorched.

Authorities are investigating what caused the fire.

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Associated Press