Many passengers, including 48 kids on a school trip from the United Kingdom, were stuck on Tuesday evening after a tour bus caught fire in western Alberta.
Around 5 p.m., a tour bus caught fire on the Icefields Parkway in western Alberta. Lake Louise RCMP.
, fire crews, EMS, and Parks Canada officials all went to the scene.
Police said around 60 passengers were stuck, including 48 young people who were on an international school ski trip from Tonbridge, U.K.
All the passengers were able to leave the bus safely, according to Lake Louise RCMP's news release on Wednesday morning.
A local business called The Lodge at Bow Lake took care of the passengers until the bus company could send another bus.
The police think the fire was caused by a mechanical issue.
The Icefields Parkway is a highway in western Alberta that connects Banff and Jasper.
