10 dead, 17 injured in NE China bus fire
(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-03-05 12:34
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A bus is destroyed after a fire in Jilin city, Jilin province, March 5, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] |
CHANGCHUN - Ten people were killed and another 17 injured in a bus fire on Wednesday morning in Jilin city in Northeast China's Jilin province, local authorities said.
The local fire department was alerted at 7:05 am that a shuttle bus of Fukang wood company was on fire while traveling along a street.
Forty-three people were on board when the fire broke out.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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