By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 23 Mar 2019 • 9:10
GUTTED: The shell of the tourist bus after it was engulfed by fire. Photo credit: Twitter / @XHNews
TWENTY-SIX people have died and another 28 have been injured after a double-decker bus full of tourists caught fire in central China.
26 people were killed after a tour coach caught fire in Hunan, China pic.twitter.com/BktTPGj3Jw — China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 23, 2019
26 people were killed after a tour coach caught fire in Hunan, China pic.twitter.com/BktTPGj3Jw
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 23, 2019
The bus was reported to have been carrying 56 people including 53 passengers, two drivers and a tour guide.
Five of those injured are reported to be in a critical condition.
The nationalities of the tourists are not yet known.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident in Hunan province that left the bus totally gutted.
26 people dead and 28 others injured after a tour coach suddenly caught fire in central China's Hunan Province https://t.co/VMME8BZBFl pic.twitter.com/lUBI6APBAR — China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 23, 2019
26 people dead and 28 others injured after a tour coach suddenly caught fire in central China's Hunan Province https://t.co/VMME8BZBFl pic.twitter.com/lUBI6APBAR
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