A bus driver and five children managed to escape after a electric school bus caught fire in Montreal, officials say.
The incident happened in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, where fire crews were called to just before 8 a.m. on Sept. 9, Montreal fire department chief Martin Guilbault told The Epoch Times.
Guilbault confirmed the bus was electric, but said the fire was not caused by the vehicle’s batteries. The bus was made by electric vehicle manufacturer LION, formerly Lion Electric.
“The fire didn’t affect the batteries, and the batteries were not the cause of that fire,” Guilbault said….