WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - A Worcester school bus driver put out a car fire Tuesday, saving a family with a young baby.
Peggy Holloway, a school bus driver for Worcester Public Schools, said she was getting ready to drive kids home when she heard an explosion.
“I was just getting ready to go onto the bus and all of a sudden I heard this loud explosion,” Holloway said. “It was like a car bomb went off.”
She described seeing a couple jump out of their car and grab their 10-month-old baby from the car seat.
“I noticed underneath the car there was this big flame, and everything, the whole front of the car was on fire,” she said.
She said she called the family over to the bus to stay safe, and took action.
“I knew the kids were safe on the bus with the monitor,” Holloway said. “I grab my fire extinguisher, the parents and the child were next to me on the sidewalk. And I went up to the car and kind of hesitated a minute, and I said, ‘No I have to do this, I have to try and put this fire out.'”
Video showed Holloway extinguishing the fire. As the bus monitor called 911, Holloway also said worked to direct other cars away from the hazard, thinking it was going to blow up. Once first responders arrived, she returned to the bus to comfort students.
Holloway later described the situation as her just doing her best to keep everyone safe.
“I try to do my part,” she said.
She also said the two adults and baby are OK. The cause of the fire was not clear.
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