At least 12 schoolchildren were taken to hospital after the bus they were travelling in overheated.
The vehicle was travelling on the A179 in Hart Village, near Hartlepool, on this morning.
The children, who are pupils at English Martyrs School, in Hartlepool, all managed to get off the single decker bus. No other vehicle was involved.
No-one was hurt, but some children were taken to hospital as a precaution suffering slight smoke inhalation.
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