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| Taiwan tourist bus crash: 26 reported dead after vehicle catches fire | Taiwan tourist bus crash: 26 reported dead after vehicle catches fire |
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| A tour bus carrying visitors from China has caught fire near Taiwan’s capital, killing 26 people, according to reports in Taiwanese media. | |
| The accident took place on the No 2 national highway in Taoyuan county, south of Taipei, the official Central News Agency and others reported. | The accident took place on the No 2 national highway in Taoyuan county, south of Taipei, the official Central News Agency and others reported. |
| BREAKING: Tour bus catches fire near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, cause unknown, casualties confirmed pic.twitter.com/OoED0zwmTM | BREAKING: Tour bus catches fire near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, cause unknown, casualties confirmed pic.twitter.com/OoED0zwmTM |
| The website of Taiwan’s China Times newspaper said those on board were tourists from China’s Liaoning province, but officials have not confirmed that. The paper said no one aboard made it off the burning bus. | The website of Taiwan’s China Times newspaper said those on board were tourists from China’s Liaoning province, but officials have not confirmed that. The paper said no one aboard made it off the burning bus. |
| The Central News Agency and others reported that the bus apparently smashed into a roadside barrier and caught fire, although the exact sequence of events wasn’t immediately clear. Photos from the scene showed flames and thick black smoke pouring from the front of the bus. | The Central News Agency and others reported that the bus apparently smashed into a roadside barrier and caught fire, although the exact sequence of events wasn’t immediately clear. Photos from the scene showed flames and thick black smoke pouring from the front of the bus. |
| A Taoyuan fire department official, Zeng Hao, said that the total number of dead and injured was still being compiled. | A Taoyuan fire department official, Zeng Hao, said that the total number of dead and injured was still being compiled. |