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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A young lad was recognized for his heroism aft alerting unit to a occurrence that would soon engulf his schoolhouse bus.
The children were connected their mode location from Hirayama Elementary School erstwhile they heard a ample popping dependable from nether the bus.
"Well, I did perceive similar a steam, I heard similar a pop," 4th grader William Ruiz said.
William and 3 different students were connected committee the autobus erstwhile helium noticed the fume and rapidly alerted the autobus driver.
"So I told the autobus driver, 'Smoke! Smoke!' And the autobus driver, helium looked nether determination and helium said, 'That's not smoke, that's fire,'" William said.
The operator pulled implicit connected De Wolf Avenue conscionable to the northbound of Jensen Avenue. Wllaim said the operator pulled retired the occurrence extinguisher, but it didn't work, truthful helium evacuated the bus.
"We each get out, and it was similar catching flames," William said. "Sarah and my backpack are OK, but the 2 different kids' backpacks got burned."
Flames changeable retired from the bus's motor and rapidly engulfed the full bus, spreading to the back.
On Thursday, William was honored for "showing heroic qualities similar kindness and bravery" with a "super hira award" from his school.
"We archer him to talk up each the clip regarding everything, bullying, oregon you spot something, ever archer an adult," William's mom, Valerie Ramos, said. "It feels great, bully job, William."
