A group of schoolchildren and several adults are safe after their bus caught fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains Friday morning.

Thirty-two children and five adults were rescued from a bus that became "fully engulfed" in flames Friday morning on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz.

A tour bus carrying 32 children and seven adults erupted in flames Friday while traveling on Highway 17 towards Santa Cruz, officials said. No injuries were reported. The charter bus was heading south on the highway when the driver pulled over onto the right shoulder,