District officials said the safe evacuation was thanks to the "quick action of the bus driver" and that students were offered support from counselors and staff once they arrived at school.

Fifteen students were swiftly evacuated by a school bus driver after the bus caught fire en route to a middle school in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

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.

In Cleveland Heights, Ohio, flames erupted on a bus filled with students from Monticello Middle School. Officials say the bus driver acted quickly and rushed the students to safety. The Cleveland Heights Fire Department says there were no injuries.

An emergency broke out Thursday morning on a school bus carrying children in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. An unexpected blaze — requiring a quick evacuation.

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 emergency broke out Thursday morning on a school bus carrying children in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. An unexpected blaze — requiring a quick evacuation.

Ohio State Highway Patrol data reveals 96% of Cleveland Heights-University Heights district buses were cleared in state inspections as not having any violations.

It was a horrifyingly close call for everyone aboard a Cleveland Heights school bus Thursday morning including 11-year-old Amira Brown.

Fifteen students were saved from a bus that was engulfed in flames -- and the driver is now being hailed a hero.

Video shared online shows the yellow school bus fully engulfed in flames in a residential area of Cleveland and spewing black smoke into the sky.

The fire at the unfinished Cedar-Lee-Meadowbrook site, also known as The Marquee at Cedar Lee, broke out Jan. 24.