[Video below.] Campers and staff members at Camp Munk are breathing a sigh of relief after a bus of campers heading up to the mountains for the beginning of the camping season became engulfed in flames.
The Monsey Trails bus was traveling on the New York Thruway north, in Tuxedo, between exits 15 and 16, at the time of the incident. When the bus driver noticed the heavy smoke coming from the bus, he had all the campers quickly dismount and move a distance away to safety. All occupants exited the bus safely before flames engulfed the vehicle.
The northbound highway was closed to traffic for some time as Tuxedo firefighters extinguished the flames.
The incident caused massive traffic delays on both sides of the Thruway, as rubber-necking had drivers backed up for miles.
No one was injured and most of the luggage was saved.
Hatzolah from the Village of Kiryas Yoel responded with two ambulances as a precaution.
A replacement bus was sent to transport the boys to camp.
Click below for videos of the smoke:
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Chasdeiy hashem- such a nes that everyone got out barei and shalam.
what about the luggage?
Baruch Hashem
#2 i cant believe u care about the luggage!! how about how the boys B”H got off the bus! I actually know a kid(hes like my little brother) who was on that bus and knowing him he was probably scared. and u care abt the luggage?!?!
Color War!!!
These color war breakouts have gotten out of hand! This is too much.
How did it start?
It says most of the luguage got saved.
To No. 2, ????
“No one was injured and most of the luggage was saved.”
Can you read?!
to ???? who cares about the luggage you dope. A busload of frum kids were saved in the nick of time
fool, the article says most of the luggage was saved
read full article don’t skim it says that most of the luggage was saved
raboisai what happend to the tiffilin
Kol mivaser said that a few tfilin got burned. loaleinu
What an incredible ness! Hodu Lahashem ki tov!
This is upping the ante of color war break out!
So how does a bus just burst into flames? Every other incident across the country has pointed to poor maintenance practices. This looks like an older MCI coach
ow my gosh that is so scary
my cousin was on it!!!
WOW WHAT A NES! B”H EVERYONE IS OKAY!
re to cant believe it youre allowed to want to know about the luggage!
I go to Camp Munk and i was on the bus that exploded…first of all when it says “mosst of the luggage was saved” that’s not true only about 1/3 of it was saved, and yes, several pairs of tefillin were destroyed.
what a chaval
i was on tht bus..in the back..one of the last kids off..pretttyy scary
scary terrifiying
mamash a nes neglieh that the bochrim on the bus were all saved nisim vniflaos b”h