WOW. This could've been SO much worse. Who knows, but thankfully an attentive, proactive driver saved the day.
Twenty people aboard a school bus that caught fire on Interstate 494 Monday in Maplewood escaped without injury.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the school bus – carrying a basketball team from Richfield Middle School – caught fire on northbound I-494 at Carver Avenue around 3:30 p.m.
Richfield Middle School issued a release saying the bus was transporting a seventh-grade boys' basketball team to a game in Maplewood when the bus caught fire.