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At least 26 mainland tourists killed in Taiwan bus fire
Tour bus catches fire after hitting guardrail on freeway lane headed toward Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
19.07.2016 - Update : 23.07.2016
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Beijing
By Mahmut Atanur
BEIJING
At least 26 tourists from China’s mainland were killed Tuesday when a tour bus was engulfed in flames after hitting a freeway guardrail in Taiwan, according to local media.
Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported that the accident took place at around 1 p.m. (0500GMT) on a freeway lane headed toward Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
Firefighter extinguished the flames in around 30 minutes, but it was not immediately clear how many passengers the bus had been carrying.
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