DANGEROUS TRIPS * Chinese Bus Fire Kills 27 Passengers In Congqing
Chongqing, China -The Shanghai Daily/AHN, by Windsor Genova - October 2, 2007: -- Authorities say 27 people have been killed and 11 were injured after the bus they were riding caught fire in a in central China... The bus with 38 passengers was going to downtown Chongqing when it caught fire at 5:15 pm (9:15 am GMT). Eleven people, including the driver, managed to escape from the burning bus and were rushed by rescuers to local hospitals for treatment... The bus driver, who was detained by police, said the fire started from the bags of two passengers, who were among the fatalities. The couple, believed to be officials of the company that owns the bus, were seated in the row behind the driver's seat... The Wansheng branch of the Chongqing Guanzhong No. 3 Public Transport Company owns the bus...* Police blame arson for bus fire killing
Chongoing,China -Xinhua -3 Oct 2007: -- A bus fire that killed 27 people in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday had been an arson attack, local police said on Wednesday... Xiao Yonghua, a former employee of the company that operates the ill-fated Yutong bus, hid gasoline in his baggage before he got on the bus that left Wansheng district for downtown Chongqing at around 5:00 pm on Tuesday, said Wang Yunsheng, deputy head of the municipal public security bureau...
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