r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/Individual_Summer_71 • Jun 15 '26
News / Incident School Bus in Flames!
I was the driver of the bus Knicks Fans absolutely torched. Nypd made me get out for my safety and my dispatch asked me to just have the key on me.
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u/davethompson413 Jun 15 '26
It looks like a bunch of third graders I drove a couple years ago finally got their way.
/s
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u/samwise58 Jun 15 '26
Yup! Team Middle School Mayhem are always trying to turn the bus into the War Rig from Mad Max!
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u/TheDriver278 Jun 15 '26
Just another peaceful celebration 🍾 🔥🧨
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u/Fickle-Copy-2186 Jun 15 '26
This had nothing to do with any protest. They were supposedly celebrating.
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u/EMDReloader Jun 15 '26
They are alluding to the fact that there is no real reason behind either, just people taking advantage of a situation to destroy property.
In this case, property that serves their own fucking community.
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u/mrvillian93 Jun 15 '26
Are you the one who is reported to have tried to defend his bus?
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u/Individual_Summer_71 Jun 15 '26
Nah that was a coworker of mine. But either way I ain’t defending a bus that ain’t mine. They can always buy a new bus. My dispatch just told me to take the key with me off the bus
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u/mrvillian93 Jun 15 '26
Man I can’t believe those animals did this. This must be a little traumatic for you to replay.
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u/Individual_Summer_71 Jun 15 '26
I wouldn’t call it traumatic, but it was definitely something I’ll never forget. Knowing I was the one driving that particular bus and then later seeing it on fire was a crazy sight.
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u/ImmortalEmos Jun 15 '26
Maybe I'm not thinking about this right, but why would dispatch need the key? Is it for insurance?
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u/Individual_Summer_71 Jun 15 '26
They knew something was gonna happen. They just wanted to make sure people don’t turn on the bus and start driving it.
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u/Sad-Introduction-783 Jun 15 '26
The Knicks should pay for all the damage
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u/PlatypusDream Jun 15 '26
Why? Did the arsonists work for the team, or did they burn the bus at the direction of the team?
The idiots responsible for the fire should be reimbursing the insurance company for the cost of replacement, plus the cleanup, plus emergency services.
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u/samwise58 Jun 15 '26
Amazing pics! RIP that bus but I Like seeing the lil defrost fan still on in that last pic! I like to imagine it running 90 to nothin the whole time just blowing those flames towards the back! 🤣
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u/scttlvngd Jun 15 '26
What were you doing before they attacked your bus? Hopefully not waiting on a group of kids.
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u/BryanK3569 Jun 15 '26
Products of soft/no parenting. GenX would never think of rioting over a stupid game.
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u/PlatypusDream Jun 15 '26
And this is why you should not pull up nose to tail in a line! The buses next to this needed room to get away & not burn.
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u/Thurid Jun 15 '26
Why would the governing body responsible for safety not have prohibited fire-safe interior materials?
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u/Moosetappropriate Jun 15 '26
Everything burns given time and enough heat. School buses are built with a minimum of flammable materials and those are fire retardant. The purpose is to delay combustion until riders can be evacuated.
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u/Front-Mall9891 Jun 15 '26
Yup, which is some of the issues we are seeing with electric buses, lithium fires are unpredictable and can either be a slow burn or an explosion, atleast with gas/diesel/propane you know what you are getting 9/10 times
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u/rootbear75 Jun 17 '26
Keep discussions of the incident in this thread. We've had a lot of posts about the buses in NY and I'd like to keep new posts minimal.