Check out these shots of firefighters in Mesa, Ariz., responding to a fire on a special-education bus. Officials praised the driver for her decisive actions to keep her passengers safe. Photos by the Mesa Fire Department.
PHOTOS: Firefighters Battle School Bus Blaze
Crews found the Mesa Public Schools bus evacuated, with fire in the front engine compartment.
Firefighters work to extinguish the fire.
Another shot of a firefighter battling the blaze.
The Mesa Fire Department credited school bus driver Cynthia Wells — seen here being interviewed by local media — with a "great job and quick thinking," saying that her actions "ensured her student passengers were safe."
Wells, an assistant and four special-education students were not injured, and the students were transported on to school by the district.
On the morning of May 8, the Mesa (Ariz.) Fire Department and medical units responded to a call of a school bus fire.
Officials said that firefighters extinguished the blaze quickly.