ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, March 8, 1997                TAG: 9703100040
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-4  EDITION: METRO 

SMOKE SIGNAL

LENGTH: Short :   22 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  BRIAN MARSHALL. AN ELECTRICAL fire is believed to have 
          started in an accessory panel and then gutted this Salem school bus 
          on Cliffview Avenue about 12:45 p.m. Friday, Salem Assistant 
          Superintendent Mike Bryant said. Bus driver June Robinett had just 
          dropped off the last of her students from East Salem elementary 
          school at the Willow River Apartments, and was on her way to pick up
          more students, when she noticed smoke and abandoned the bus. The 
          interior of the bus was heavily damaged and it is unlikely repairs 
          can be made, Bryant said. No one was injured. All of Salem's buses 
          made that year will be checked for similar trouble.