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Bus Carrying Inmates Becomes Engulfed In Flames In Area Bus Carrying Inmates Becomes Engulfed In Flames In Area
Bus Carrying Inmates Becomes Engulfed In Flames In Area Screams filled the air as a bus carrying prisoners between correction facilities caught fire while traveling in the area. The crash took place around 7:45 p.m., Friday, Aug. 27 in Dutchess County on Route 9D by the overpass in Fishkill, said the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The bus stopped and was safely evacuated, the department said. Nearly two dozen prisoners and corrections officers were onboard at the time of the fire.  Two correction officers and four prisoners were taken to local hospitals for examination, the department said.  All were treated an…

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by Kathy Reakes