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School Bus Destroyed By Fire In Hopkinton

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 23, 10:29 AM EDT

updated Oct 23, 7:07 PM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WHDH, WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC) and The Boston Globe, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A school bus turned mobile gymnastic facility burned and was destroyed by fire outside a Hopkinton day care facility, The Boston Globe, WCVB, and WHDH reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 23, 7:41 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

School bus destroyed by fire in Hopkinton · WHDHOct 23, 10:29 AM EDT
School bus burns outside Hopkinton day care facility · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)Oct 23, 12:16 PM EDT

How It Unfolded

Oct 23, 11:29 AM EDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Middlesex County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 23, 11:46 AM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 23, 12:27 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.