The driver was headed to Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio when a fire broke out behind one of the bus's rear wheels.

An Ohio bus driver was hailed a hero for coolly rushing 15 middle school students off a burning school bus that went up in flames in mere minutes Thursday morning, officials said. The inferno started behind one of the rear tires,

Police thanked the “quick thinking of school staff that took immediate action to prevent the driver from leaving with children on the bus.”