Her supervisor released a statement saying, "Her ability to stay calm in the face of danger, ensuring not a single child came to harm is nothing short of heroic." A school bus driver is being credited with saving eight children after a malfunction caused the bus to catch fire, according to Nola.com. Our partners spoke with Kia Rousseve, who shared photos of the incident. She said that it happened after 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, when the bus began to lose power and smoke.