Valley Metro bus erupts into a fireball; no injuries

TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — A bus exploded in flames on a Tempe off-ramp on Monday night.

It happened on the Priest Drive off-ramp from the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway just before 9:30 p.m.

Video from an Arizona Department of Transportation camera showed the bus right at the intersection catching fire. The flames were shooting out both sides of the bus.

When Tempe Fire crews arrived, the bus was already engulfed in flames. Firefighters worked quickly to begin putting out the fire…

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