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Bus catches fire on highway in Henan, burnt bodies found
July 22, 2011, Friday
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POLICE and firemen searching for victims from a bus fire this morning in Xinyang City, central China's Henan Province, have found several burnt bodies, but could not figure out the exact number of people dead.
Six passengers including the bus driver were pulled out alive by rescuers from the fire that happened at 4am on a section of the Beijing-Zhuhai Highway in Xinyang. They have been sent to hospital.
A police officer told Xinhua that the fire on the bus with 35 sleeper berths was put out at about 6 a.m., but the bodies inside the vehicle were carbonized, and could only be identified through DNA tests.
Investigators have followed the bus driver to the hospital for further information.
Wang Dexue, deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety and Huang Ming, deputy minister of public security are heading for the site from Beijing to direct the investigation.
Six passengers including the bus driver were pulled out alive by rescuers from the fire that happened at 4am on a section of the Beijing-Zhuhai Highway in Xinyang. They have been sent to hospital.
A police officer told Xinhua that the fire on the bus with 35 sleeper berths was put out at about 6 a.m., but the bodies inside the vehicle were carbonized, and could only be identified through DNA tests.
Investigators have followed the bus driver to the hospital for further information.
Wang Dexue, deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety and Huang Ming, deputy minister of public security are heading for the site from Beijing to direct the investigation.
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