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Click the link below and watch the video... it's intense.
The fire appears to have started when the engine overheated. As the news helicopters hovered overhead there was an explosion in the passenger area that knocked out the windows and that an intense fire burned out the passenger area.
The fire appears to have started when the engine overheated. As the news helicopters hovered overhead there was an explosion in the passenger area that knocked out the windows and that an intense fire burned out the passenger area.
Full article and video here.NEWTON, Mass. (CBSNewYork) A BoltBus caught fire Monday while on its way from New York City to Boston with nearly 50 people on board.
A spokesperson from Greyhound, which owns BoltBus, told CBS2 the bus was traveling eastbound on Interstate 90 in Newton, Massachusetts when the bus driver noticed smoke and pulled over around 5 p.m.
The bus driver then evacuated the 47 passengers on the bus and called authorities, the spokesperson said. None of the passengers were injured in the incident.
The bus had made a two hour stop in Connecticut to fix a problem, but was overtaken by flames just miles from their final stop.