At
least 26 people have been killed in a tour bus fire after it crashed into a
guardrail on a highway near Taoyuan International Airport, according to the
Ministry of the Interior’s National Fire Agency.
Of the dead, 24 were tourists from China,
including three children. A Taiwanese tour guide and the bus driver also died.
The crash occurred today, just before 1 p.m.
local time on the No. 2 National Freeway that serves the capital Taipei’s
airport, CNA reported. The bus was westbound on the highway and headed for the
airport, where the tour group was due to fly back home after seven days in the
country.
The Taoyuan City fire department deployed 23
vehicles and 60 firefighters to join the firefighting and rescue operation.
After extinguishing the fire, the crew reported finding a number of burned
bodies.
The Tourism Bureau confirmed that the group of
tourists was from Dalian City in Liaoning Province, China.
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