Several scholars escaped from a vehicle that burst into flames while they were being transported to school this morning.

Assistance was called for by the local reaction security company. According to RUSA, they received the call around 07:02. They arrived at the scene and discovered a VW Microbus engulfed in flames.

The driver told the officers that he had purchased the vehicle two weeks ago. He went on to say that the vehicle had been at the panel beater and that today was the first day he actually used the vehicle to fury children to school when it suddenly burst into flames.

The cause of the fire was not established and no injuries were reported.