Crime & Safety
Cupertino-Bound Apple Bus Catches Fire En Route
A shuttle bus carrying Apple employees from San Francisco to Cupertino caught fire Wednesday morning.
UNINCORPORATED SAN MATEO COUNTY - A shuttle bus carrying Apple employees from San Francisco to Cupertino caught fire Wednesday morning in unincorporated San Mateo County near Menlo Park, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
The fire was reported at 6:40 a.m. on southbound Interstate Highway 280 at Sand Hill Road, CHP Officer Art Montiel said.
The rear left side of the bus caught fire.
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Montiel did not know what caused the fire. No one was injured.
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Two lanes of the highway were closed for more than an hour and reopened at about 8 a.m. No other vehicle was involved in the incident, Montiel said.
The employees were transferred to a different bus following the fire.
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