MONTRÉAL — Schools across Quebec have been forced to cancel bus service after the government pulled all of the roughly 1,200 Lion electric buses in the province off the roads.

The provincial government said it took the preventive measure after a Lion electric school bus caught fire in Montreal earlier this week.

Several children and a driver were inside the bus when it caught fire but no one was injured.

In response to the government’s decision, some school service centres chose to cancel bus routes, and others cancelled the school day entirely.

The Quebec government said it pulled the buses so that they can be inspected over the weekend, after suggesting a defect could have caused Tuesday’s fire.

The English Montreal School Board had to cancel more than 70 routes usually served by Li

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