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Firefighters battled a passenger bus blaze yesterday along the Mass. Pike eastbound in Newton.
Firefighters battled a passenger bus blaze yesterday along the Mass. Pike eastbound in Newton. (Globe Photo / Silvia Illia) Globe Photo / Silvia Illia

Passengers tell of wild bus trip

Vehicle bursts into flames on Pike

By John Ellement
Globe Staff / March 19, 2005

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A New York-to-Boston bus burst into flames on the Massachusetts Turnpike early yesterday, sending spectacular flames into the sky and capping what two passengers said was a harrowing trip after the driver ignored problems with the vehicle and continued to Boston. (Full article: 889 words)

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