47 dead in bus fire

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At least 47 people are dead after a fire on a bus in southeastern China that authorities are investigating as a criminal case.

Chinese state media say the incident happened during rush hour Friday when the bus was traveling on an elevated highway in the coastal city of Xiamen.

Amateur video shows onlookers watching the burning vehicle, and others who carried injured victims to another bus.

This is not the first time buses have been targeted in China. In 2009, 27 people were killed when a passenger ignited gasoline on a bus in southwestern Chengdu.

That same year, another 24 people died when someone lit a shuttle bus on fire near Shanghai.