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Dozens of students evacuated from burning Arizona school bus

The students were taken to Ed Pastor Elementary School to await pickup by their parents and guardians.
Credit: San Luis Police Department

SAN LUIS, Ariz. — Dozens of students had to be evacuated from a school bus in western Arizona after it caught fire, according to authorities.

The San Luis Police Department said a bus from Gadsden Elementary School District was near City Hall when it started to burn Wednesday afternoon.

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Police said crews from the city's fire department extinguished the fire.

"All 32 students have been accounted for and no students were injured," police said in a post to social media.

The students were taken to Ed Pastor Elementary School to await pickup by their parents and guardians.

Police are asking people to avoid the area where the fire occurred. 

A cause for the fire has not been determined.

Just now a Gadsden Elementary School District #32 bus caught on fire right outside City Hall and was extinguished by...

Posted by San Luis AZ Police Department on Wednesday, October 9, 2024

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