All southbound lanes on St. Johns Bluff Road near Beach Boulevard were closed for hours Thursday.
The bus was headed to Tallahassee, as Greg White, a passenger on the bus, tells First Coast News a rear tire blew out and a spark caused the fire.Updated:BAKER COUNTY, Fla. — All Interstate 10 lanes in Baker County have reopened Friday morning following a bus fire, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.a rear tire blew out and a spark caused the fire. The bus is currently off to the side of the interstate in Glen St. Mary.
White says"a convoy" is on its way to pick up the 56 people aboard. He says no one was injured during the incident, and that the oldest person is 91 years old and the youngest is in their 30s.Irvin Bulluck, another passenger, says almost everyone who was on the bus is now on a school bus heading to Macclenny. From there, they will take another charter bus to Tallahassee, according to Bulluck.
The group is headed to Tallahassee to lobby for St. Augustine to be the site of the first Florida Museum of Black History.has a crew headed to the scene, as updates will be provided when they are made available.The right westbound lane on I-10 is currently blocked in Glen St. Mary due to the bus fire, according to FDOT.
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