Fire claims lives of all 26 people on Chinese tour group bus

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/19
By: Ku Chuan, Wu Tze-hao and Lilian Wu

Taipei, July 19 (CNA) All 26 people on a bus taking a Chinese tour group to Taiwan’s main international airport died Tuesday when a fire broke out in the vehicle on the No. 2 National Freeway, authorities said.

The Tourism Bureau said the tour group on the bus was from Liaoning province in China and consisted of 23 tourists, including three children, and a Chinese guide.

It arrived in Taiwan on July 12 for an eight-day tour and was heading to the airport on its final day in Taiwan to catch a 4:30 p.m. flight back to Dalian.

Two Taiwanese on board the ill-fated bus — the bus driver and a tour guide — also lost their lives in the tragedy.     [FULL  STORY]