A school bus belonging to Pacemark International Schools reportedly caught fire.
Daily Report Nigeria gathered that the incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday, February 2.
The bus driver was said to have driven off from the school located at Apo Resettlement Zone E Extension in Abuja, to pick up students around 6:30am when the incident happened.
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It was gathered that no student was on board when the fire started, with the bus driver managing to escape the fire.
The driver of the school bus told newsmen, “I went to the school to pick the bus. It was empty. As I drove out, I started to notice that the vehicle was jerking and jerking. As I slowed down for road make I check wetin dey happen, I noticed that there was fire in the back of the bus,” the school bus driver told The Gazette.
“As I no get anything to quench the fire, I rushed out of the bus. That’s how fire burnt the bus.” The driver added
