A bus caught fire in northern China on Tuesday, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30, a fire spokeswoman said.
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A dozen relatives were waiting outside the intensive care unit when Xinhua reporters visited the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
There have been several bus fires in recent years in China.
Officials have named a suspect in connection to the bus fire in Yinchuan.
“I thought the bus was about to explode, and I was going to die”, Hu said.
The Ningxia Public Security Department identified Ma Yongping, a 34-year-old native of Yinchuan’s Xixia District, as the suspect. Authorities said then that a suicidal man had started the fire.
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The accident happened at around 7 a.m (local time) when the bus went up in flames near a furniture mall in Helan County’s Yinchuan city. Police in Ningxia localities checked for the suspect and his vehicle plate numbers on various road and highway entrances and exits.
