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It sounded like a bomb
No one injured as fire, explosion destroy GSU bus
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A Georgia Southern bus used for transporting students around campus is shown engulfed in flames after an electrical fire on the bus Thursday. - photo by PHOTO COURTESY DANIELLE WEST
A Georgia Southern University transit bus exploded in flames Thursday after a "small electrical fire" sparked a larger blaze when it reached natural gas fuel tanks. No one was injured, thanks to a quick-witted bus driver who evacuated the bus before the fire got out of hand, witnesses said. "I was on the bus," said Esonia Webb, a GSU student.
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