This article was translated from content from CTV News.
Around 8:30 a.m., the Huntsville Fire Department received a call about a vehicle fire on Earls Road in Huntsville.
When they arrived, they found a yellow school bus completely engulfed in flames. All the students had already been evacuated from the bus.
“The school bus had broken down before the fire started. The bus driver had requested a replacement bus, which picked up the passengers shortly before the flames became visible,” said Grant Murchison, fire prevention officer with the Huntsville/Lake Fire Department. of Bays. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but the electric school bus’s large battery is not believed to have been involved in the fire, he added.
The Fire Marshal’s Office was contacted to investigate the incident.
Murchison said due to the amount of water used to extinguish the fire, drivers are being asked to avoid Earls Road between Muskoka Road 3 North and Campus Trail due to icy conditions.
None of the homes on Earls Road were affected and no injuries were reported.
-Hydro One also attended the scene as a precaution as the bus was near the power cables.
Not the first Lion Electric bus fire
Noovo Info was awaiting comments from Electric Lion at the time of writing.
This is not the first time that a Lion Electric bus has caught fire. Last November, vehicle engulfed in flames at Ascot Cornerin Estrie, which forced the intervention of around fifteen firefighters. It was a heater that caused this fire; the bus battery was not involved in this event.
It was the smell of smoke that alerted the bus driver, who was able to park safely on the side of Route 112 before the flames increased in intensity.
Lion Électrique spoke at the time of an isolated event.
With information from Julien Denis and the collaboration of Guillaume Théroux for Noovo Info.
