# 1995 NAVISTAR SCHOOL BUS CHASSIS — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
> NHTSA complaint `480151` · 2004-06-16 · INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** NAVISTAR
- **Model:** SCHOOL BUS CHASSIS
- **Year:** 1995
- **Manufacturer:** INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE CORPORATION
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
- **Miles at failure:** 90,029
## Narrative
VEHICULAR FIRE IN A 1995 THOMAS/NAVISTAR VISTA SCHOOL BUS.  ELECTRICAL FIRE OCCURRED IN THE DORAN MFG. EXTERIOR LIGHT MONITOR PANEL ON A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BUS.  FIRE WAS LIMITED TO THE PANEL ITSELF, NO WIRING WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED.  DRIVER WAS OPERATING LIGHTS AS PART OF PRE-TRIP INSPECTION PRECEDING FIRE.  FIRE INVOLVED OPEN FLAME IN DORAN ELECTRICAL PANEL, NO INJURIES, NO CHILDREN ON BUS AT THE TIME.  THE PANEL WAS REPLACED AS WAS AN IN-LINE FUSE HOLDER CARRYING POWER TO THE PANEL.  THE FUSE HOLDER WAS NOT DAMAGED, BUT TEMPERATURE OF THE WIRING APPEARED TO BE  ELEVATED.  PARTS WHICH WERE REPLACED WERE RETAINED.*AK
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