Wilson County schools bus garage fire under investigation

Crews were called to a school bus garage on Ward Boulevard for reports of a fire. One bus and a building were damaged in the fire. School officials said school will carry on as planned on Monday.
Posted 12/1/2025, 12:48:55 AM Updated 12/1/2025, 1:00:07 AM

COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON.

>> BREAKING NEWS HERE AT 6, A

SCHOOL BUS IN A BUILDING AT

A LOCAL DISTRICTS. BUS GARAGE

WERE DAMAGED BY FIRE THIS

MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING

US. AND ERIC MILLER. THIS

HAPPENED ON BOARD BOULEVARD IN

WILSON. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND

WRAL'S KIRSTEN CLARK, WHO JOINS

US LIVE NOW. KIRSTEN, WHAT DOES

THAT SEEM LOOK LIKE AT THIS

POINT?

>> ERIC, THIS IS THE BUS

MAINTENANCE GARAGE HERE BEHIND

ME. YOU CAN SEE IT'S CURRENTLY

BEING BLOCKED BY A BUILDER

SERVICES TRUCK THAT JUST

ARRIVED JUST MINUTES AGO.

WE SAW WILSON FIRE AND RESCUE

CREWS LEAVE AT THE SCENE

EARLIER. WE SAW THEM AND THE

STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS

HERE AS WELL AS SEVERAL WILSON

COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO

HERE THAT SOMEONE POSTED ON

FACEBOOK THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU CAN SEE PLUMES OF SMOKE

ENGULFING THE BUILDING AND

SURROUNDING AREA. WE ARRIVE TO

THE SCENE ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO AND

FIREFIGHTERS HAD SUCCESSFULLY

EXTINGUISHED A FIRE. BUT YOU

CAN STILL SEE THE WIDESPREAD

DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. WILSON

COUNTY SCHOOLS, ASSISTANT

SUPERINTENDENT BEN WILLIAMS

TOLD US THE FIRE WAS REPORTED

AROUND 11 30 THIS MORNING.

HE SAYS FIRE CREWS ARRIVED TO

FLAMES AND THAT HEAVY SMOKE YOU

SAW THERE IN THAT VIDEO.

THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO

REPORTED INJURIES AND ONLY ONE

BUS WAS UNDER REPAIR INSIDE THE

BUILDING AT THE TIME.

>> SO TOMORROW MORNING WE'LL

HAVE A MEETING WITH EVERYONE

HERE. WE'VE GOT SOME SPACES

THAT WILL BE

SET UP OFFICE STAFF,

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO BE

WORKING OUT OFF TO MORE AND

THEN WE'LL MEET OUR MECHANICS

AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TO

IDENTIFY SOME SPACES FOR

MECHANICS TO BE. AND THAT'S

REALLY KIND OF OUR NEXT PHASE

IS TO IDENTIFY SOME SPOTS WHERE

WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A

MECHANICS WORKING OUT OFF.

>> NOW, BIG QUESTION HERE.

WILLIAMS TOLD THE SCHOOL WILL

BE OPEN TOMORROW AND BUSES WILL

RUN AS USUAL. MANY OF THEM ARE

KEPT HERE ON THIS PROPERTY,

BUT WERE NOT DAMAGED IN THE

FIRE. THANKFULLY, WE'RE STILL

WORKING TO LEARN THE CAUSE OF

THIS FIRE AS THE INVESTIGATION

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