VIDEO: A school bus caught fire in Pittsburgh's East Hills neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. The fire happened near Sunrise Avenue and Fairlawn Street just after 3 p.m.
A Pittsburgh Public Schools spokesperson said that the bus had been dropping off students from Westinghouse Academy, but no kids were on board when the fire started.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said the driver, who was the only person on the bus at the time, was able to escape without getting hurt.
The bus company that operated that bus was A.J. Myers. The staff couldn’t comment when Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reached out on Wednesday, but a staffer did say their driver is OK, is well trained and did what they needed to do. A witness, Carl Riley, recounted the moment he first realized a bus was on fire outside the home where he was visiting a friend.