ABC News: Bus Carrying Evacuees Catches Fire; 1 Dead

ABC News: Bus Carrying Evacuees Catches Fire; 1 Dead

"Bus Carrying Evacuees Catches Fire; 1 Dead Bus Carrying Elderly Hurricane Rita Evacuees Catches Fire in Texas; at Least One Person Killed

All lanes of Interstate 45 carry northbound traffic as motorists evacuate in advance of Hurricane Rita, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005, near Buffalo, Texas. Gov. Rick Perry halted all southbound traffic into Houston along Interstate 45 on Thursday and took the unprecedented step of opening all eight lanes to northbound traffic out of the city for 125 miles. Interstate 45 is the primary evacuation route north from Houston and nearby Galveston. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ralph Lauer)The Associated Press
DALLAS Sep 23, 2005 A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita caught fire early Friday on gridlocked Interstate 45, killing or injuring an unknown number of passengers, authorities said.
The bus was engulfed with flames, causing a 17-mile backup on a freeway that was already heavily congested with evacuees from the Gulf Coast. Dallas television station WFAA reported 20 persons were killed.

'There were 45 souls on the bus at this point we believe we have about half accounted-for,' Dallas County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Don Peritz said."


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