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Crews from five fire agencies responded to a bus fire and two grass fires that were ignited by the commuter bus, which caught fire in the southbound lanes of I-280 at Alpine Road at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday morning (June 6).
All three fires were extinguished by 11:10 a.m., said Woodside Fire Protection District Chief Rob Lindner.
The bus, which was under contract to Apple, was consumed in flames and completely destroyed, according to Menlo Park Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman.
The driver was the only occupant of the bus and was not injured, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Art Montiel.
The CHP closed the two right lanes of the freeway while firefighters were working to extinguish the flames.
The lanes were scheduled to be reopened about an hour later but the Alpine Road exit was to remain closed longer because of the need to remove the remains of the bus, Montiel said.
The bus fire might have resulted from a blown tire, according to the CHP report.
One of the grass fires was moving toward the horse barn at Strideaway Farms, an equestrian academy located west of the freeway, but was stopped short of the structure and extinguished, according to a witness from the academy.
The Almanac will update this story as more information becomes available.
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