An Italian bus driver on Tuesday
saved 25 schoolchildren by getting them off the vehicle moments
before it caught fire in a road tunnel linking Lecco to the
province of Sondrio, north of Milan.
Police said the man's prompt action averted a tragedy.
The driver realized there was something wrong shortly after
entering the tunnel, stopped and told the kids to get off. The
bus then burst into flames.
No one had to use an ambulance that was sent to the scene.
The cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.
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