JERSEY SHORE – Fire destroyed a tour bus that was heading westbound on Interstate 80 in eastern Clinton County on Sunday morning, but none of the 10 people on board was injured.
The bus was about a mile west of the Jersey Shore interchange when the blaze was discovered just before 9:30 a.m., Sugar Valley Fire Chief Chris Miller said.
The dispatch was for smoke in the bus but when he arrived the vehicle was fully involved, he said.
The bus was destroyed but Sugar Valley firefighters and those from Nippenose Valley in Lycoming County saved the trailer, the chief said.
The fire, which appears to have started in the ceiling at the rear of the bus, was knocked down quickly but the westbound lanes of I-80 were closed for a time, he said.
The occupants of the bus with the exception of the driver walked about a mile to a truck stop at the Jersey Shore interchange before Miller said he was able to get any information from them.
The bus that was configured like one a celebrity would use was owned by a Tennessee company, he said.
The state trooper who investigated the incident did not post a news release before ending his shift.
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