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At least 26 people are dead and 28 injured after a tourist coach suddenly caught fire in Hunan province on Friday night. Five people were seriously injured.
There were 53 passengers, two drivers and a tour guide on the bus when the fire broke out, Xinhua reported. There was no mention of arson.

Xinhua said the accident happened around 7:15pm on Friday evening and the bus was travelling from neighbouring Henan province.
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It said the two drivers were detained and an investigation was under way.
There have been many cases in China of buses catching fire due to engine problems.


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(190323) -- CHANGDE, March 23, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 22, 2019 shows the damaged coach in Changde, central China's Hunan Province. Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others injured after a tour coach caught fire in central China's Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said. The injured, including five in critical condition, were rushed to three local hospitals for treatment, according to the publicity department of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. The accident happened around 19:15 on Friday evening when the 59-seater bus from neighboring Henan province suddenly caught fire on a highway in Hanshou County in the city of Changde. There were 56 people on board, including 53 passengers, two drivers and a tour guide. The two drivers were detained and an investigation into the cause of the accident is under way. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

Aerial photo of the accident site in Changde in central China’s Hunan Province. Photo: Xinhua

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The explosion scene in Xiangshui County, Jiangsu. 22MAR19 SCMP / Sidney Leng

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Five people seriously injured and drivers detained after coach catches fire on motorway near Changde in Hunan province


Five people seriously injured and drivers detained after coach catches fire on motorway near Changde in Hunan province.


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