According to Saturday's P & C, "The engine compartment on a 1995 Thomas school bus caught fire Friday afternoon as it rolled down Interstate 26 westbound" on its way to pick up students from Stall High School."Last year, the state temporarily sidelined all 2,000 of its 1995 model buses because of a fire risk after a loose battery cable started a blaze that engulfed a Richland 2 school bus. An analysis by The Post and Courier for a March series "School Bus Breakdown" found entries for dozens of fires on 1995-model buses."
"Maintenance records show that the bus that caught fire Friday has been sidelined numerous times for mechanical problems, including twice for smoking [italics mine]."
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Thanks for catching this important item. I missed it. (Tell that to those people who say they want only "happy news" from you.) Makes you wonder why we would want to have a school system this bad to also run a transportation system. Then we ask for more, not fewer, of our kids to be transported all over the county to chase a new CCSD reorganization plan.
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