A blown tire sparked a blaze on a bus transporting the Fisher College baseball team back home that sent the players and coaches running to safety faster than stealing a base.

No injuries were reported in Sunday’s highway close call.

Fisher College President Steve Rich and Fisher Falcons Head Baseball Coach Scott Dulin later thanked members of the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Department Station 20 in Baltimore County, Maryland for their quick response and hospitality.

“The firefighters took care of our kids like they were family,” Dulin said. “We have to travel down there again in two weeks so my thought is to come back with some Fisher gear for the department which we will hand deliver to the firefighters as a show of thanks.”

All 35 players and coaches got off the bus safely as flames spread throughout the vehicle.

The team hung out with the firefighters at the station until a new bus could bring them home to the Boston campus.