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The Commonwealth

Arson Suspected in School Bus Fire

WEKU | By Chris Anderson, The Appalachian News-Express

Published December 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM EST

A burned-out Pike County school bus sits in the Pike County Schools transportation lot in Pikeville after catching fire early Thursday morning. School district officials believe the fire was intentionally set.

Pike County Schools officials believe arson may be to blame for a Thursday morning fire which gutted a school bus at Turkey Creek. Pike Schools Superintendent Roger Wagner said the bus, number 0369, was parked in its normal overnight space near the bus driver’s residence when a fire broke out inside the vehicle at about 6 a.m. Thursday. The bus was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no one was injured in the blaze, Wagner said, adding that he believes the fire was no accident.

The Commonwealth

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