CAMERON, Wis. – A bus carrying a college wrestling team home from a tournament erupted in flame in an engine fire. Everyone scrambled out unhurt. The rented bus had been at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on an overnight trip with Milwaukee School of Engineering wrestlers. The team was 185 miles into a 480-mile trip home. The fire was at the Highway 53 and Highway 8 cloverleaf south of Cameron about 7:45 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies took the driver and wrestlers to a county office to warm up and have snacks while waiting for a new bus. Traffic blocked southbound Highway 53 nearly two hours.
Unexpected northern Wisconsin stop. U.S. Highway 53 was blocked two hours. The highway links LaCrosse, Eau Claire, Duluth and International Falls. Image: Barron County sheriff