Apple Shuttle Bus Catches Fire On I-280 Near Menlo Park
MENLO PARK (CBS SF) – A shuttle bus carrying Apple employees from San Francisco to Cupertino caught fire Wednesday morning in unincorporated San Mateo County near Menlo Park, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
The fire was reported at 6:40 a.m. on southbound Interstate Highway 280 at Sand Hill Road, CHP Officer Art Montiel said.
The rear left side of the bus caught fire. Montiel did not know what caused the fire.
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No one was injured. Two lanes of the highway were closed for more than an hour and reopened at about 8 a.m.
No other vehicle was involved in the incident, Montiel said.
The employees were transferred to a different bus following the fire.
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