Church bus catches fire in Green Bay, WI. engine mechanical problem may have started
the fire.
By Ted Miller Published: January 2, 2015, 5:42 pm Updated:
January 2, 2015, 10:08 pm
A church bus caught fire on Green Bay’s west side late
Friday afternoon and burned in a parking lot on Shawano Avenue, just west of
Gray Street.
The bus was carrying about 30 children from Immanuel
Baptist Church in Wausau to a religious conference in Green Bay.
The bus driver’s wife, Kristy Sterken, says they noticed
mechanical problems with the engine and pulled into the parking lot.
Someone noticed smoke coming from under the bus.
Police say everyone evacuated the bus safely. Sterken
tells Action 2 News the children didn’t seem very scared and got off the
bus in a very orderly fashion.
No one was hurt.
The kids were picked up by Green Bay Metro, which bused
them to the FLD Districts Youth Conference at the KI Convention Center.
Shawano Avenue was briefly closed to traffic for the
fire-fighting effort.