--- description: A firetruck in Minnesota backs out of the way of a loose flaming school bus. title: WATCH: Flaming School Bus Nearly Hits Firetruck image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae502ef742ddf1f0/698690591eebf78110370fdd/1280tout.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Flaming School Bus Just Miss a Firetruck by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2014 4:31 PM CUT  A flaming school bus just misses a firetruck. A flaming school bus just misses a firetruck. by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2014 4:31 PM CUT A Minneapolis school bus burst into flames Tuesday afternoon and tried to take a firetruck with it. The blazing bus began rolling towards a parked firetruck on the scene and got within a foot of the vehicle before a fireman deftly backed the truck up out of the way and the bus rolled down into a ditch. Luckily, there were no children on the bus at the time of the fire and the bus driver made it out unharmed. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/107665/watch-a-flaming-school-bus-just-miss-a-firetruck/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/107665/watch-a-flaming-school-bus-just-miss-a-firetruck/"},"headline":"Watch a Flaming School Bus Just Miss a Firetruck","datePublished":"2014-05-21T16:31:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:53.110Z","description":"No one was injured","url":"https://time.com/107665/watch-a-flaming-school-bus-just-miss-a-firetruck/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fire","bus","Minneapolis","Minnesota"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae502ef742ddf1f0/698690591eebf78110370fdd/1280tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae502ef742ddf1f0/698690591eebf78110370fdd/1280tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Firetruck Dodges Flaming Bus","caption":"A flaming school bus just misses a firetruck.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/107665/watch-a-flaming-school-bus-just-miss-a-firetruck/","name":"Watch a Flaming School Bus Just Miss a Firetruck"}}]}] ```