24 dead in China bus fire

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Jul 5, 2010
24 dead in China bus fire

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A policeman checks out the wreckage of a shuttle bus in Wuxi. 24 people were killed and 19 others injured after fire engulfed a steel company's shuttle bus. -- PHOTO: AP

<!-- story content : start --> BEIJING - TWENTY-FOUR people were killed and 19 others injured after fire engulfed a Chinese steel company's shuttle bus, state media reported on Monday. The accident happened Sunday in the city of Wuxi, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local government officials.

No other details were immediately available. Deadly fires are common in China due to lax safety measures. At least 10 people were killed in a fire in May at a dormitory for railway workers in the Inner Mongolia region. -- AFP

 

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A photographer takes pictures of a burnt bus from the Xuefeng Steel company in a tunnel in Wuxi, Jiangsu province. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Chinese firemen check a burned-out bus on a road in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, following a deadly blaze. -- PHOTO: AFP

Twenty-four people were killed and 19 others injured in a fire aboard a steel company's shuttle bus. -- PHOTO: AFP


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