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Student burned after fire set on North Carolina school bus

The student said to have started the fire had left the bus by the time police arrived.
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HIGH POINT, N.C. — Police say a North Carolina high school student was burned after another student started a fire on a school bus.

The High Point Enterprise reports High Point police Capt. Patrick O’Toole says the Southern Guilford High School student was among 15 on the bus around 5 p.m. Thursday when someone stuffed something flammable into a soda bottle and set it on fire. 

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Investigators don’t know what flammable substance was stuffed into the bottle, but the bus driver used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire quickly. 

The student said to have started the fire had left the bus by the time police arrived.

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