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En route to the Toronto airport from an afternoon rally in Peterborough, Ont., smoke started coming from the back of the media bus following Tory Leader Stephen Harper’s campaign.

The bus pulled over to the side of the road and the journalists and Conservative staffers on board made a hasty exit.

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Turned out to be a broken coolant line.

The passengers had to cool their heels while another bus was dispatched to the rescue.