MIDFIELD, Alabama -- Jackson State University baseball players are returning to Jackson, Miss., after the team's bus was destroyed when it caught fire along Interstate 20/59 eastbound.The fire began about 2 p.m. Monday near mile marker 116, not far beyond the entrance ramp from Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive.
No one was injured, according to Midfield police. Firefighters from Midfield and Bessemer responded to the blaze.
Players lost much of their gear and luggage in the fire.
The team boarded another bus to take them back to Jackson and was due to arrive Monday night, JSU spokeswoman Shelia Hardwell-Byrd said.
Brian Anslow, of Bessemer, was driving westbound on I-20/59 when he saw a rear tire on the bus on fire.
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