New school bus blows up, burns on Ringgold Road

Sunday, August 18, 2013

photo Fire erupts from a Bluebird, 71-passenger, propane-powered school bus at the U-Haul store at 5618 Ringgold Road in East Ridge on Sunday. The front end of the brand-new bus was destroyed.

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A brand-new, propane-powered Bluebird school bus went up in a ball of flame Sunday just feet from a propane fueling tank at the U-Haul building on Ringgold Road in East Ridge.

No one was injured, but the front end of the 71-passenger bus was destroyed by the fire, the origin of which was unknown Sunday evening. East Ridge public information officers were unavailable for comment Sunday.

See Monday's Times Free Press for complete coverage.