Two Children Suffer Smoke Inhalation In School Bus Fire

Two children suffered minor smoke inhalation today when a school bus caught fire on the southbound Hollywood (101) Freeway, briefly closing the Cahuenga Pass, authorities said.

The blaze was reported at 8:57 a.m. on the southbound 101 near Universal Center Drive, and firefighters had it out in 11 minutes, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The children were treated at the scene, Scott said. The bus was from Flory Academy in Moorpark, and was carrying students on a field trip, he said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

All southbound lanes were blocked until 9:19 a.m., when one of the lanes was reopened, the California Highway Patrol reported. The other lanes remained blocked nearly two hours after the fire, the CHP reported.