– as bus caught fire

SIXTY persons, comprising 55 students, four teachers and a bus driver narrowly escaped death or serious injuries when the 60-seater bus they were travelling in caught fire.Chronicle was informed by fire officials that the bus was returning from the city to a school in Berbice when smoke began emanating from the engine area before a fire broke out and engulfed the entire vehicle. There were lots of screams and shouting by the teachers and students alike and the driver pulled the bus to the shoulder of the road and there was a quick evacuation of all on board.
The passengers were taken to a safe distance from the scene and were quickly bundled into other vehicles and proceeded on their way home.