Overview
- The fire ignited shortly before 3 p.m. near 55th Avenue and Brooklyn Boulevard in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
- The driver and bystanders moved eight students to a sidewalk, preventing injuries, according to the fire department.
- Fire crews knocked down the flames in about 15 minutes and later determined the bus was a total loss.
- Metro Transit sent a bus to keep the children warm as they waited to be reunited with family.
- Brooklyn Center police coordinated reunification at a nearby elementary school as the cause remains under investigation.