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Bus catches fire near Perkins

DELTA COUNTY, MI--   No injuries are reported, after a tour bus caught fire in Delta County. 

State Police from the Gladstone Post were called Wednesday around 1 p.m. to M-35 near Perkins and found the 45-foot bus fully engulfed. 

The driver and only occupant, a 60-year-old Gwinn man, was able to escape the bus without injury.

Officials say the fire started near the engine compartment.  They think it was caused by a mechanical malfunction. 

The bus was a total loss.

The incident remains under investigation.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.