WEST CANTON, NC (CBS Newspath/WNCN) - Interstate 40 in the North Carolina mountains was partially closed after a school bus went up in flames on Saturday afternoon.
The activity bus was engulfed in flames along westbound I-40 in West Canton in Haywood County just after 4 p.m., according to WLOS-TV.
The Mountaineer newspaper reported the Macon County Schools activity bus had students aboard heading for a field trip.
No one was injured. School officials later said the students were brought back to Macon County using a bus loaned to the school district from Haywood County.
Macon County Schools Superintendent Chris Baldwin told the newspaper he believed the fire started after a tire blew out on the bus.