Quebec's Education Ministry is halting the service of 1,200 LION electric school buses, citing a potential "defect" that may be at the origin of a fire earlier this week.

There were no injuries in that fire.

Prior to the fire, the bus driver managed to evacuate the five children who were on board. WATCH | School bus erupts into flame:

5 children and driver escape before electric school bus catches fire in Montreal September 9 Electric vehicle manufacturer LION says it’s looking into what happened after the heating system on one of its buses caught fire. Five children and a driver managed to exit the bus unharmed.

That incident has led to an investigation by Transport Canada.

In a joint statement issued Thursday night, the province's new Education Minister Sonia Lebel and new Tr

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