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Source: The Brownsville Herald, TexasOct.self storage 11--No one was injured Wednesday when an alert school bus driver extinguished an engine-compartment fire similar to one that destroyed a Brownsville Independent School District bus last week.At about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday all 30 Rivera High School students on board bus No. 447 were evacuated after the bus experienced a fire in its engine compartment at FM 802 and South Padre Island Highway, BISD officials said.The fire was similar to one last Friday in which 29 Porter High School students were evacuated from bus No. 528 at 14th Street and the Expressway frontage road before flames that began in the engine compartment reduced the bus to a smoldering shell.The two buses were of similar make and model and manufactured by the International Corp. BISD transportation administrators contacted the company after Friday's fire and again on Wednesday. The company said it was sending a team of product integrity specialists to Brownsville on Monday to inspect four similar buses which have been removed from BISD service.The bus involved in Wednesday's incident was a 2005 model while the one involved in last Friday's incident was a 2002 model, officials said.The company will inspect 100 additional buses that are manufacture迷利倉 by International but are of a different make and model, BISD said."We take it very seriously; we're not delaying at all," district spokeswoman Drue Brown said. "We're taking quick and prompt action to protect our students and employees."The two bus fire incidents come just as BISD is upgrading its bus fleet.At the end of October, BISD is scheduled to take delivery of 42 new regular buses and 18 special needs buses manufactured by Thomas Built Buses Inc. The 60 new buses are part of a $6.4 million bus fleet upgrade. Another 12 buses were ordered this week, the district said.The drivers in both incidents will be commended at the Nov. 5 school board meeting for taking quick action and protecting students' lives, said Antonio Juarez, BISD assistant superintendent for human resources. He added that campus administration at the two schools made counselors available if needed after the incidents.BISD's bus fleet comprises more than 300 buses which provide transportation to some 27,000 students, well over half of the district's enrollment.glong@brownsvilleherald.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) Visit The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) at .brownsvilleherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉