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That's when a young man who had already boarded noticed fire and smoke coming from the back of the bus. We spoke to two eyewitnesses.

Voice of: Terminal Employee
"The bus came in. Everybody got on it and were about to leave when a young man came in and said that the bus was on fire at the back, and then his mother was going to enter the bus and he was yelling at her to not enter because the bus was on fire. And so some people were still trying to get on the bus but he got the notice of the driver and the conducter, and he told them that the bus was on fire. So they tried to get everyone off the bus but some people were still like mesmerized I guess. And they just sat on the bus until they noticed the smoke started entering and that's when they tried to come off the bus."

Cherisse Halsall:
"So who put the fire out?"

Voice of: Terminal Employee
"The bus driver the conductor, the same young man that his mother was going on the bus, and a supervisor of one of the James bus companies."

Modeso Lizzaraga, Driver, Morales bus company.
"When I got in there in the terminal someone came to me and told me that fire was at the back of the bus, so I went to see what was going on. Then I told the people to come out the bus then pulled out the battery then pull out the battery hose and try to extinguish the fire and with the help of some other guys we threw water."

Cherisse Halsall:
"So what was the cause of the fire was it the battery?"

Modeso Lizzaraga
"Seems like it short circuited, yeah. That's all it could be."

Cherisse Halsall:
"And nobody was hurt in the accident?"

Modeso Lizzaraga
"Nobody, Nobody nothing at all. I just,um, everything was in a quick rush to out of the fire. And that was it."

The fire lasted about 10 minutes and luckily no one was harmed.