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Chilling Footage: Iowa School Bus Explodes as Students Seek Cover
- Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:32pm by
Liz Klimas
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Although students in Des Moines, Iowa, may have griped about school bus evacuation practices in previous years, they were glad for their training Monday when,on the way home from school their, bus exploded.
Two students not on the bus busted out the back window to let the others out to safety. All 16 students on board and the driver got out alive.
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theothertoolbox
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:24amIf there were any minority children on this bus, you can bet your asses that the whole incident would have already been under investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department. This incident, although not deadly, did not involve any of “Obama & Holder’s People™”.
Report Post »theothertoolbox
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:10amOh noes. Busses are dangerous. It is time to make them all illegal now. This was a close call and we can’t have children in such danger. Time for regulations and banning…right now.
Report Post »ricardo50
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:03amI think i know what caused the fire. First a lot of bus are made in Mexico, and they leak, and their wiring is cheap. So that could do it, water gets in, shorts out bad wires, and then you have smoke from the front end of the bus, and that is what they say happen here, and then fire.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 7:41pmI never had a practice school bus evacuation drill my whole primary and secondary education. Watching that, I wish I had. If something like that had ever happened on my bus, I’m sure lots of people would have died.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 10:27amThose kids did a good job.
Report Post »HawkEyeTx
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 9:12amAny reports on what type of fuel system the bus was using?
Report Post »4smohrs
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 2:49pmMade in China!
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 8:07amI’m gratefull the families are not in mouning today, those two students really are heroes. God bless them all.
Report Post »IOWACORNFED
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 9:08amAs a parent of a child on the bus I thank GOD everybody made it out OK. It took only minutes before the bus was fully engulfed in flames.
Report Post »Because the fire spread so quickly I fear the outcome may have been different if this happened 1hr later when the same bus transports the kindergarten through 5th graders from school.
hudent
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 2:06amObama‘s lucky his bus didn’t ended up like this,it could have with all the vodka in his.lol
Report Post »Larry Sheldon
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 1:12amThe explosion came long after the fire start. I’m going to guess overheated brakes.
Report Post »v12tommy
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:21amI wonder what exploded. It wasn’t the fuel tank. Buses run on diesel, and you can hold a cigarette lighter directly to diesel fuel and it won’t ignite.
Report Post »Flybot
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:40amThe fumes do explode once the gas reaches around 90 degrees same as airplane fuel the liquid doesnt burn or explode its the fumes.Glad the kids got out thk God
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:43amDangers of Tire Sealants with Explosive Gas
Report Post »While trying to fix a flat, many tire workers and others can be blinded, maimed, or even decapitated when the tire explodes. Most of these tires had been previously filled with a can of tire sealant to fix a leak in the tire. The propellant in the tire sealant often times contains the butane & propane. When an ignition source is present a massive explosion is possible.
peteasdf
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:48amBet I could get diesel to explode…how do you think a diesel engine works? Explosions. Granted, by different means, but still…BOOM. That and tires probably explode when they get torched.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:51amIndeed, what started the burning? Still though, it is a good deal to hear the kids and the driver got out without harm coming to anyone.
Report Post »Snidely
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:02amDo we know for sure that this was a diesel bus? My first thought when I saw the explosion was compressed natural gas. I can’t imagine that a tire would have caused the fire ball that followed the explosion. (But, I’ve never seen a tire blow out on a burning bus, so maybe it was the tire.)
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:53pmschool buses don t explode , they run off of diesel fuel , i wander what was in the bus that exploded?
Report Post »Riccy102
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:15amWhat a wonderful place to live. Those kids were so gracious.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on August 25, 2011 at 12:58amDiesel engines DO explode!! My husband parked his semi where he worked to drop off his paperwork and within about 3 minutes the cab was engulfed in flames…due to a spark from the electrical system. Thank God he was in the office at that moment or he would have burned alive. The truck burned up in less than 5 minutes…it ran on diesel fuel and that was what exploded. Don‘t say it can’t happen cause it can!!
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:26pmWonder what pot smoking union member built that bus.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:20pmCan’t see the video…Were the running a Meth Lab in the back of the bus????
Report Post »LOLReally
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:04pm“2 boys came and busted out the back door so we could get out” “thankfully we train these children from when they are 5 to evacuate”. Ok every schoolbus has a rear door, on those rear doors is the release handle with a BIG arrow and the word PULL yet with all of this “training” they could not even follow the simple sign. 2 boys had to come and break out the rear window? Granted kids are not the best at recalling the true story, but if it is true then come on really? Pathetic. You need to slap the I-phone down and make them pay attention.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:49pmLOL….Really?? People who make fun of those who talk about a scary situation they were just in are usually are people who couldn’t handle the situation in the first place. When you make fun of children who talk about a hero…well that says something about your character…no character at all!!
Report Post »Next time your car engine blows up…don’t expect any special attention if you open your door…it’s a given…RIGHT???
Snidely
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:11am“Next time your car engine blows up” Seriously? “Next time your car engine blows up”? Anyway, I would guess that they actually did open the rear door and it was just kids not able to describe it accurately (understandable) and poor reporting by the TV station (inexcusable). It would have taken a long time for kids to climb out of broken windows.
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:04pmhurry barack….. thats the ride to our nations future with you driving
Report Post »Carol Ingian
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:47pmI am so glad the kids and driver are okay!
Report Post »Delores at CH WV
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:45pmWhat a blessing!
Report Post »All were saved. Thank God!
8jrts
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:41pmThank God for them!! It happens…engines do mess up, my husband’s semi exploded one day…thank god he was not in it at the time!! I will send this vid to all my company friends… I drive a bus too…. practice makes perfect….or at least saves lives!!
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:42pmNot a union driver….
Report Post »thomas242007
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:40pmcough cough teacher union did it cough cough
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 11:07pmI wish you would get with the program!!…..Whithout a doubt it was either W or those of us in the Tea Party. (Ooooops – Did I type that in public?? Crap.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:38pmwow glad they are all alive..
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