Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), who's running for governor, said Thursday her campaign bus caught fire while traveling to an event in the final stretch before Election Day.

“While en-route to an event, our campaign bus caught fire. Everyone is safe,” Earle-Sears wrote in a Thursday statement on X.

“Thank you to the first responders who got to the scene quickly — we are so grateful for you,” she added.

Her Democratic opponent, Abigail Spanberger, expressed relief that no one was hurt.

“I’m relieved to hear @winwithwinsome and her team are safe after her campaign bus caught on fire this afternoon,” Spanberger wrote in a post on X.

“I’m grateful to our first responders for their quick action — and I’m thinking of the Lt. Governor and her team after this scary incident,” she co

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