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SLIDESHOW: Bus Burns Up In Roadside FireFire Leaves Bus In Charred Ruins
POSTED: 3:00 pm PDT July 3,
2008
UPDATED: 6:23 pm PDT July 3,
2008
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- A privately operated bus caught fire and burned up on the side of state Route 520 Thursday afternoon, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The fire blocked the high occupancy vehicle lane of westbound 520 near Bellevue Way Northeast and caused backups around 2:05 p.m. Thursday. The passengers got off the bus safely. All lanes are open but backups remain as drivers look at the burned-out hulk. Merrill Gardens Northgate retirement home had operated the bus, which was destroyed.There is no word on what caused the fire.No injuries were reported.
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