Tourist bus carrying 57 bursts into flames, no one injured
A tourist bus with 57 people on-board dramatically burst into flames on an expressway in suburban Shanghai Thursday morning, resulting in not even a single injury.
The incident took place about 1.5 kilometers east of the Xinqiao tollgate on G69 Hukun Expressway at about 8:20am, according to Songjiang police.
All of the 57 passengers got off the bus after smoke began to rise from the rear end and then a fire broke out, police said.
Police soon arrived on the scene and arranged to transport the passengers away to a safe place, while firefighters put out the fire.
A few lanes on the expressway were closed due to the incident, but traffic was back to normal by 2pm, police said.
A preliminary investigation has found no suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire, although the investigation continues.