30 dead in central China bus fire
14:15, 26 June 2016
CHANGSHA. KAZINFORM At least 30 people were killed after a tour bus burst into flames in Hunan Province on Sunday morning, local authorities confirmed.
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The accident happened at about 10:20 a.m. when the bus carrying 56 people crashed into the guardrails on a highway in Yizhang County. The ensuing oil leak may have caused the fire, the county government said. |
Twenty-one people have been sent to hospitals, and rescuers are still searching the charred frame of the bus.
The police has detained the driver
Source: Xinhua