Fatal bus fire snarls Rita evacuation - Yahoo! News
Fatal bus fire snarls Rita evacuation - Yahoo! News: "GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) - The evacuation of the U.S. Gulf Coast turned deadly on Friday when a bus carrying people fleeing Hurricane Rita caught fire a Texas highway, killing at least 20 people along a major escape route, local officials and news reports said.
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The bus caught fire on Interstate 45 south of Dallas and closed the highway, officials said. Television footage showed the charred bus with a long string of cars stuck in traffic behind it. Dallas television station WFAA reported 20 dead.
The accident came as authorities struggled to complete one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history in the final hours before the expected landfall of Hurricane Rita, carrying 140 mph (220 kph) winds toward the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.
More than 2 million people were leaving the Gulf coastal areas and Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city, was deserted, with stores closed, roads emptied and few people on the streets."
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The bus caught fire on Interstate 45 south of Dallas and closed the highway, officials said. Television footage showed the charred bus with a long string of cars stuck in traffic behind it. Dallas television station WFAA reported 20 dead.
The accident came as authorities struggled to complete one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history in the final hours before the expected landfall of Hurricane Rita, carrying 140 mph (220 kph) winds toward the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.
More than 2 million people were leaving the Gulf coastal areas and Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city, was deserted, with stores closed, roads emptied and few people on the streets."
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