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Posted: Friday March 13, 2009 1:39PM; Updated: Friday March 13, 2009 1:39PM

Venezuelan team bus catches fire; no injuries reported

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The bus caught fire after the team was dropped off at Dolphin Stadium Friday

Metro Dade Fire Rescue arrived to put out the fire

A cause has not yet been determined

By Jon Heyman, SI.com

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MIAMI -- The bus that transported the Venezuelan team to the World Baseball Classic caught fire after the team was dropped off at Dolphin Stadium Friday afternoon. No injuries were reported.

The team was practicing in the stadium for the WBC, which resumes Saturday, when Metro Dade Fire Rescue arrived to put out the fire. By the time the flames were extinguished, the back of the bus was badly burned.

A cause has not yet been determined.

 
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