THERE. >> IT WAS SCARY. I AIN’T NEVER BEEN ON, YOU KNOW. NO. AINT NO VEHICLE WHERE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE BEFORE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. >> A MAN ON HIS WAY HOME AND A BUS DRIVER HAD TO QUICKLY ESCAPE BEFORE THE BUS BURST INTO FLAMES. IN M-DOT CAMERA IN AN AREA OF BEASLEY ROAD CAPTURED THE VIDEO. THE FIRE SENT LARGE BLACK CLOUDS OF SMOKE INTO THE AIR. >> WE SMELLED. WE SMELLED SMOKE. AND THEN WE SAW IT COMING MORE AND MORE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEN WE SAW THE FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THERE. THEN THE DRIVERS GOT, YOU KNOW, OPEN THE DOOR AND TOLD EVERYBODY TO GET OFF THE BUS. BUT NOBODY DON’T NEVER ME. >> THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OFF THE BUS SAFELY. BUT THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT BARELY A CHARRED FRAME. WITNESSES SAY THE FIRE LASTED A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE TO SPREAD EVEN FASTER. >> I STARTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE PULL UP ON THE SIDE OF HIM AND TELL THEM THAT THE BUS WAS ON FIRE. >> SO AT THAT TIME, THEY EXITED THE BUS, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING, MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SAFE AND THEN I GUESS SOMEONE I DON’T KNOW WHO CALLED 911, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR ONE OF OUR UNITS WAS OUT AND THEY SAW THE SMOKE. SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND RESPONDED TO THIS AREA. >> OFFICIALS THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A TRAIN BUS. CHIEF AHMAD AND JACKSON’S DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SAID IT IS OWNED BY TRANSDEV, WHICH IS A FRENCH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. THERE WERE TRANSDEV REPRESENTATIVES ON THE SCENE OF THE FIRE, BUT THEY REFUSED TO TALK TO US. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE TRANSIT CORPORATION SECTOR, BUT THEY NEVER GOT BACK TO US. FRIDA GERMAN, WHO WAS A WITNESS TO THE FIRE, SAID SHE THINKS THE BUSSES SHOULD BE EXAMINED BETTER. >> I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR MECHANICS TO BE MORE EXPERIENCED TO CHECK THOSE BUSSES OUT ON A REGULAR DAILY BASIS SO THAT PASSENGERS CAN BE SAFE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ONE TIME. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW