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Jan. 31, 2013 / 4:54 PM

18 kids hospitalized after bus engine fire

HUMBLE, Texas, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- About 18 elementary school students from Texas were hospitalized Thursday morning after the engine of their bus caught fire, fire officials said.

The fire happened at about 8:30 a.m. in Humble on a bus for Northwest Preparatory Academy, the Houston Chronicle reported.

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Humble Fire Chief Gary Outlaw said the fire was put out quickly and none of the 18 students aboard the bus was injured but were hospitalized as a precaution.

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