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Landslide buries bus in east China

Source: Xinhua 2016-08-13 14:38:39

Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2016 shows the accident site in Longyan, southeast China's Fujian Province. A Taiwanese woman died and several other tourists were injured when a bus with 23 people on board was buried in a landslide Saturday in Fujian Province, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

FUZHOU, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A Taiwanese woman died and several other tourists were injured when a bus with 23 people on board was buried in a landslide Saturday in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said.

The bus, carrying a tour group from Taiwan, was hit by falling rocks and mud on a highway in Yongding District of Longyan City at 10:43 a.m., according to Longyan fire prevention bureau.

The bureau dispatched three fire trucks to assist in the rescue.

By 1 p.m., the remaining 22 people had been freed from the wreckage through the roof hatch.

Rescuers said it was raining heavily when the accident happened.

Local authorities have launched an investigation.

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Landslide buries bus in east China
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-08-13 14:38:39 | Editor: huaxia

Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2016 shows the accident site in Longyan, southeast China's Fujian Province. A Taiwanese woman died and several other tourists were injured when a bus with 23 people on board was buried in a landslide Saturday in Fujian Province, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

FUZHOU, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A Taiwanese woman died and several other tourists were injured when a bus with 23 people on board was buried in a landslide Saturday in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said.

The bus, carrying a tour group from Taiwan, was hit by falling rocks and mud on a highway in Yongding District of Longyan City at 10:43 a.m., according to Longyan fire prevention bureau.

The bureau dispatched three fire trucks to assist in the rescue.

By 1 p.m., the remaining 22 people had been freed from the wreckage through the roof hatch.

Rescuers said it was raining heavily when the accident happened.

Local authorities have launched an investigation.

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