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At least 20 dead in E China bus fire

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-06-07 21:34

At least 20 dead in E China bus fire

A bus is totally destroyed after a fire in Xiamen city, East China's Fujian province on June 7, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

XIAMEN - At least 20 people died and more than 30 others were injured after a bus burst into flames on an elevated track in East China's Fujian province on Friday evening, local government said.

A bus in the city's BRT (bus rapid transit) service was seen on fire in the city of Xiamen at about 6:30 pm, said an official from the municipal government of Xiamen.

Witnesses said ambulances took away "many" injured people from the site of the accident.

At least 20 dead in E China bus fire

A bus bursts into flames on an elevated track in East China's Fujian province on Friday evening. [Photo/Xinhua]

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