A school bus erupted into flames as the school week got underway in a Delaware community Monday morning.
Luckily two East Millsboro Elementary School students and the driver made it out of the yellow bus OK after it caught flames along Carey’s Camp Road between Millsboro Highway and Phillips Hill Road in Millsboro, Delaware around 6:45 a.m.
The 41-year-old driver had just come to a stop when she began smelling smoke coming from the 2004 bus, said Delaware State Police.
The woman, an 11-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy safely exited the rear exit of the bus and ran to a nearby home where the driver called 911, said police.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the flames.
Police said a mechanical issue likely caused the blaze.
