24 dead in I-45 bus explosion

Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: "A bus exploded early Friday on traffic-packed Interstate 45 in Wilmer, killing at least 24 elderly nursing home patients being evacuated from Houston in one of the deadliest accidents in state history.

'It caught fire and pulled over, and it was just a difficult to get all these cases out,' said Capt. Jesse Garcia of Dallas Fire-Rescue. 'We were literally dragging them out.'"