26 killed after tour bus burst into flames in central China

Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others wounded, five critically, after a tour bus caught fire Friday night on an expressway in Changde City, central CHINA's Hunan Province, according to local authorities.

The accident occurred at around 7:15 p.m. local time on the Changsha-Changde Expressway with a total of 56 passengers on board.

Two drivers are custody and the probe into the cause of the incident is underway.

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