Firefighters from the Seward Township Fire Department examine electrical components on a Tippecanoe Valley school bus Friday morning, Feb. 23.

PALESTINE — Children on their way to school Friday morning, Feb. 23, had to de-bus when a short in the bus’s electrical system caused a small fire, according to Burket firefighters.

Units from Seward Township Fire Department were called at approximately 8:10 a.m. Friday to respond to an electrical fire on a school bus on CR 600W near Blueberry Street in Palestine.

“The children were off the bus by the time we got here,” said Burket Fire Chief Kevin McSherry. “It was just a short in the wire that leads to the radio.” Firefighters tended to the issue and had it resolved in several minutes. According to Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Assistant Superintendent Blaine Conley, it was later determined that the issue stemmed from a wire that leads to the bus’s camera. Conley said the students were transferred to another bus and transported to school.