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| Schoolchildren in bus fire drama | Schoolchildren in bus fire drama |
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| More than 60 children were led to safety when fire broke out on board their bus as they travelled home from a school trip. | More than 60 children were led to safety when fire broke out on board their bus as they travelled home from a school trip. |
| The youngsters, from Grange Academy in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, were returning from Alton Towers in Staffordshire when the fire started just after 2300 BST. | The youngsters, from Grange Academy in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, were returning from Alton Towers in Staffordshire when the fire started just after 2300 BST. |
| Police said the driver led the children and teachers off the 72-seater double decker near junction 15 of the M74. | Police said the driver led the children and teachers off the 72-seater double decker near junction 15 of the M74. |
| No-one was hurt and an investigation into the cause is now under way. | No-one was hurt and an investigation into the cause is now under way. |
| It would be a very scary place to be for the kids Sgt John AdamsDumfries and Galloway Police The bus was at full capacity, with 61 children and seven staff. | |
| Four fire engines went to the scene to tackle the blaze and traffic was restricted to one lane in each direction on the motorway. | Four fire engines went to the scene to tackle the blaze and traffic was restricted to one lane in each direction on the motorway. |
| A second bus was sent to pick up the school party and take them to safety. | A second bus was sent to pick up the school party and take them to safety. |
| The driver managed to get all the children out of the bus and onto the hard shoulder after he had heard a loud bang and pulled over. | The driver managed to get all the children out of the bus and onto the hard shoulder after he had heard a loud bang and pulled over. |
| Sergeant John Adams, of Dumfries and Galloway Police, told BBC Radio Scotland: "The motorway hard shoulder isn't really a safe place at the best of times, particularly at night, and even more so when both carriageways were completely engulfed in black smoke and the double decker bus completely on fire. | Sergeant John Adams, of Dumfries and Galloway Police, told BBC Radio Scotland: "The motorway hard shoulder isn't really a safe place at the best of times, particularly at night, and even more so when both carriageways were completely engulfed in black smoke and the double decker bus completely on fire. |
| "It would be a very scary place to be for the kids and it's a credit to them and their teachers and the driver that they all got off safely." | "It would be a very scary place to be for the kids and it's a credit to them and their teachers and the driver that they all got off safely." |
| An East Ayrshire Council spokeswoman said: "One of the kids reported a smell of burning from the bus so they were taken off and put on the reserve bus." | |
| Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue said the bus suffered 100% damage. | |
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