SAFETY * China - Shanghai buses to have emergency escape windows
Beijing,China -Xinhua -7 Sept 2009: -- Emergency escape windows will be installed in about 8,000 city buses in Shanghai before the 2010 World Expo opens in May next year, local transport authorities said... All new buses must be fitted with escape windows opposite the rear door, and old buses will be gradually fitted with the emergency windows, according to the newspaper... Most air-conditioned buses don't have emergency exits, posing a concern after 27 passengers died and 74 were injured in a bus fire in southwest China's Chengdu City in Sichuan Province on June 5... The accident led to Shanghai Communications, Transport and Port Bureau recommending dedicated escape windows for the city's bus fleet... (Photo from Xinhua: In this June 11, 2009 file photo, a bus company personnel breaks emergency escapewindow open with a violent stamp during an emergency drill in Shanghai, in the wake of a freak bus blaze in southwest China's Chengdu on June 5 that killed 27 passengers, leaving another 63 injured)Labels: buses' safety
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