Investigators have all but ruled out arson, and are looking at an electrical problems as the possible cause of last week's fire that destroyed or damaged nine Gainesville school buses.
Gainesville fire Chief Jon Canada said Wednesday that they know from security video which bus initially caught fire, and that investigators are concentrating on the electrical system of that bus.
Glenn Allen, a spokesman for state Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine, said the bus in question is a 2000 Blue Bird bus that was the subject of an earlier recall to correct electrical problems.
Allen said investigators were trying to determine whether the recommended repairs were made to that bus.
Canada said there was no evidence on the security video to indicate that the fire was intentionally set.
Eight buses were destroyed, and a ninth was heavily-damaged, in the early-morning fire on Friday's last day of school.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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