Teenagers in lucky escape from bus blaze

A BUSLOAD of teenagers bound for Irish college escaped a fire that gutted the coach they were travelling in and destroyed their belongings at Innishannon, Co Cork, yesterday.

The students had just left Cork city and were travelling in convoy to Cape Clear for a three-week gaeltacht course when the fire broke out.

Units of the fire brigade from Bandon, Kinsale and Cork responded to the emergency call at 3pm but although the fire was extinguished in a short period of time only the shell of the vehicle remained.