Lecco, bus catches fire: driver saves 25 children

Twenty-five children were rescued by the driver before a bus caught fire in the tunnel along the Superstrada 36 that connects Lecco to the province of Sondrio. The accident occurred near Lierna, in the province of Lecco. The driver, on the other hand, realized that something was wrong: he managed to stop and let the kids get off on their way to Livigno for a summer camp. The little ones, coming from the province of Como, were put to safety before the flames enveloped the vehicle. The intervention of the fire brigade, the power station said, began around 9.30 and continued until 12. “Probably a tire burst occurred and from there the fire broke out that completely enveloped the vehicle. Upon our arrival, the children were all safely down “, one of the firefighters who intervened with various means at the scene of the accident told Adnkronos.