Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Jun, 2023 09:40 AM
A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip in Chilliwack has caught fire, which spread to a nearby structure and cut power to the area before being extinguished.
The City of Chilliwack says no injuries were reported and crews contained the blaze about 95 kilometres east of Vancouver.
Chwk Fire Dept has responded to a bus & structure fire on Vedder Mountain Road. Crews report the fire is largely contained and doesn’t appear to have spread to the nearby forested area. No injuries have been reported. BC Wildfire Service is monitoring the situation.
— City of Chilliwack (@City_Chilliwack) June 8, 2023
B-C Hydro says power went out for nearly 25-hundred customers as a result of the fire.
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Police say a school bus tipped over on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, sending the driver to the hospital with minor injuries. The crash happened at 8:37 a.m. on the side of Highway 101 in Madeira Park, about 100 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.
