Team to probe bus fire that killed 35

The State Council set up a team on Monday to investigate the bus fire that killed 35 people in Hunan province.

The team will be led by Sun Huashan, deputy head of the State Administration of Work Safety, according to the State Council.

The accident happened at about 10:20 am on Sunday when the bus crashed into a guardrail on a highway in the county of Yizhang. An ensuing fuel leak caused the fire, Xinhua News Agency quoted the local government as saying.