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Visitors observe a robot dressed in ancient Chinese costume at Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center, June 24, 2016. The Summer Davos Forum in Tianjin will be held in this center from Friday to Sunday. [Photo/IC]

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At least 35 people were killed in a bus fire in the Chinese Hunan Province on Sunday morning, local media said.

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YIZHANG, June 26, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A traffic policeman examines an accident site in Yizhang County, central China's Hunan Province, June 26, 2016. A fire that reduced a tour bus into charred frames on Sunday morning has killed at least 35 people, including two children, in Hunan Province, local authorities said. The accident happened at about 10:20 a.m., when the bus crashed into the guardrail on a highway in Yizhang.(Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

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YIZHANG COUNTY, June 26, 2016 (Xinhua) -- The injured receive treatment at a hospital in Yizhang County, central China's Hunan Province, June 26, 2016. A fire that reduced a tour bus into charred frames on Sunday morning has killed at least 35 people, including two children, in Hunan Province, local authorities said. The accident happened at about 10:20 a.m., when the bus crashed into the guardrail on a highway in Yizhang. (Xinhua/Li Zhuo)

CHANGSHA, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A fire that reduced a tour bus to a charred frame on Sunday morning has killed at least 35 people, including two children, in Hunan Province, local authorities said.

The bus was carrying 55 people, the county government of Yizhang said, correcting a previous report that said 56 were on board. Eleven people were hospitalized, including four who were seriously injured.

The accident happened at about 10:20 a.m., when the bus crashed into the guardrail on a highway in Yizhang. The ensuing oil leak caused the fire, according to the government.

A photo taken at the site showed huge clouds of black smoke rising from the vehicle, and another showed the black frame of the bus after the fire was put out.

A survivor surnamed Huang said the driver told them the bus door could not open, and the driver then escaped from the window next to his seat. Huang smashed a window with a fire extinguisher in order to get out.

Video footage taken by a witness showed that fire and screams engulfed the bus minutes after the crash. Some passengers were seen limping out of the bus covered in blood.

State Councilor Guo Shengkun, who is also public security minister, has ordered all-out efforts to save the injured, identify the cause of the accident, and to take measures to prevent similar tragedies from happening.

A work team headed by Vice Public Security Minister Huang Ming is heading for Hunan to guide the investigation and handling of the accident on site.

Police have detained the driver.

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WENCHANG, June 25, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-7 carrier rocket lifts off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, south China's Hainan Province, June 25, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

WENCHANG, Hainan, June 25 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday launched its new generation carrier rocket Long March-7 from a new space launch center in Wenchang, south China's Hainan province.

The Long March-7 rocket blasted off at around 8:00 p.m. Beijing time, trailing a vast column of flame.

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JIUQUAN, June 26, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A reentry module aboard carrier rocket Long March-7 touches down successfully in Badain Jaran Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 26, 2016. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)

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A visitor strikes the glass-bottomed bridge with a hammer for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25, 2016 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)

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A SUV travels on a glass bridge during a load testing at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 25, 2016. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)

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NANNING, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Passengers enter the Nanhu station of subway line 1 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 28, 2016. The east section of subway line 1, the city's first subway line, started trial operation on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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NANNING, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A passenger shows his ticket and citizen card at the Nanhu station of subway line 1 in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 28, 2016.

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XINING, June 27, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A worker discharge sewage from a train at the Golmud Station of the Qinghai-Tibet railway in Golmud, northwest China's Qinghai Province, May 26, 2016. The 1,956-kilometer-long Qinghai-Tibet railway, the world's highest altitude train line, has been put into service for 10 years. It links Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, and Xining, capital of Qinghai Province in northwest China. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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LHASA, June 27, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 28, 2016 shows the Nagqu section of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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BEIJING, June 27, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Tea masters compete in a contest of tea art performance in Beijing, capital of China, June 27, 2016. A total of 15 teams around China took part in the contest. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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CHENGDU, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Stewardesses pose for a photo in front of Chengdu Airlines' ARJ21 in Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2016. ARJ21, manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC), made its maiden commercial flight from Chengdu to Shanghai Tuesday. The domestically-designed airliner is China's first regional jet manufactured according to international standards. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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CHENGDU, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A passenger shows his boarding pass in front of Chengdu Airlines ARJ21-700 at Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2016.

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CHENGDU, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chengdu Airlines ARJ21-700 prepares for takeoff at Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2016.

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SHANGHAI, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chengdu Airlines ARJ21-700 arrives at Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, June 28, 2016.

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SHANGHAI, June 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Workers refuel Chengdu Airlines ARJ21-700 at Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, June 28, 2016.

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