The carcass was still smoking over an hour after the fire.
This Thursday, around 5:30 p.m., a school bus caught fire on the D932.
He was bringing high school students from Noyon to Guiscard when some students noticed smoke under their feet.
They yelled at the driver to stop, which the driver did immediately.
Hardly parked on the side, near Golancourt, the flames began to eat away at the passenger compartment, setting the vehicle ablaze very quickly.
"The driver reacted properly, his behavior was remarkable," says Thibault Delavenne, mayor of Guiscard.
Thanks to him, the children are safe and sound.
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Children scattered in nature
And also thanks to a fire soldier who was passing by at the time.
Almost simultaneously, a firefighter from the Aisne who was driving on the same axis helped the driver evacuate the children and made sure they were okay.
On board, they were about fifty, it is estimated.
Because the young passengers did not wait for the arrival of help.
While some parents went there to pick them up, others left on foot along the departmental road.
The gendarmerie recovered two high school students but the others left for nature.
Firefighters came from several towns in the department and the Somme.
A major system of the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service has been deployed.
The firefighters came from Noyon, Attichy, Thourotte or Ham (Somme).
Those of Compiègne brought back a specific machine for this type of situation, a high-power foam van (FMOGP).
“We had no indication, we did not know if we were going to find victims trapped, explains the group leader of the firefighters.
As the occupants had all left the premises, there was no possible call.
There could have been a death.
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Shocked, the driver was taken to the hospital
Fortunately, everything went well.
“The shocked driver was taken to hospital,” continues the firefighter.
But, once again, I repeat, we have to stay where we are and wait for help.
Especially since the road is very busy as walking on the edge could have caused an accident.
It's very dangerous.
"For Thibault Delavenne," it's a miracle.
We escaped the drama!
He breathes.
The elected continues: "If by any chance students are traumatized by what has just happened, they contact the 15 or their CPE in their school.
The thesis of a material incident appears to be the most probable.
An investigation will have to determine the exact circumstances which allowed the fire to start.