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30 dead in central China bus fire

(Xinhua)    13:25, June 26, 2016
30 dead in central China bus fire
Photo provided by witness on June 26, 2016 shows the accident site of a bus fire in Yizhang County, central China's Hunan Province. Casualties have been reported after a passenger bus burst into flames on a highway in Yizhang on Sunday morning, local authorities and rescuers said. The exact number of victims is still being verified. (Xinhua)

CHANGSHA, June 26-- At least 30 people were killed after a tour bus burst into flames in Hunan Province on Sunday morning, local authorities confirmed.

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.


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(Editor:Liang Jun,Bianji)

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