Bus company offers reward for fire clues

CHENGDU: A local bus company has promised to reward any of its riders who report other passengers bringing suspicious or flammable liquids onboard.

The action comes in response to a deadly fire aboard a bus on June 5, deliberately set by a man who committed suicide. The fire killed 27 people and injured 74.

"The company has told us to keep a watchful eye on people bringing dubious objects aboard," said Yang Qifu, a 35-year-old driver, on Friday.