A charter bus caught fire early Friday as it was transporting a professional baseball team from Iowa to a game in a Chicago suburb.
Members of the Sioux City Explorers made it off the bus safely, although several lost their gloves when the overhead bins melted.
The fire started as the bus approached the 1,400-person town of Earlham, Iowa, about a third of the way into its 490-mile drive to Geneva, Illinois, where the game was being played. Earlham Fire & Rescue blamed a mechanical issue for sparking the fire, which rapidly spread from the engine to the passenger area, where many of the players were sound asleep.
“I was woken up to guys walking past me saying, ‘Hey, we’ve got to get off the bus. There’s smoke back here,’” said J.D. Scholten, a 44-year-old pitcher who also serves in the Iowa Legislature.
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