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Toms River school buses engulfed in flames

The cause of the fires remained under investigation.

A police officer on patrol in Toms River, N.J., overnight found three school buses gutted and engulfed in flames, police said.

About 2:40 a.m. Friday, the officer, who was on patrol on State Route 37, saw smoke and traced the source of the fire to a bus depot on the 2300 block of Industrial Way.

Toms River firefighters arrived on the scene and "ultimately extinguished the multiple fires," police said.

 Toms River Police Department.
Firefighters arrive to the scene of three school buses engulfed in flames in Toms River, N.J.
The buses are owned by the Toms River school district, police said.
The cause of the fires remained under investigation. 
 Toms River Police Department
Firefighters battle blazes early Friday, May 26, 2017, in which three school buses were on fire in Toms River, N.J.