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On June 5, 2009, a mass murder–suicide attack occurred on a bus in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It resulted in 27 deaths, and 76 injuries. In the days after the Chengdu bus fire, buses also caught fire in Shenzhen on June 13, in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia on June 15 and in Zhoushan, Zhejiang on June 16. There was no evidence initially of any terrorist connection, and no passengers were killed in the three other bus fires. ==Fire== The diesel bus was engulfed in flames at around 8:00 am local time. The number of casualties was aggravated by the rear door not opening, and firefighters and other emergency service crews being blocked 1 km from the scene by bad traffic. The exact cause of the fire was not immediately known by officials, but the diesel engines were intact and authorities quickly ruled out a mechanical glitch. Gasoline carried on board by a passenger was soon blamed, and authorities did not rule out arson as the cause as the investigation proceeded. Several passengers, including the bus driver, reported smelling gasoline, and traces of gasoline were found in the bus, which did not use gasoline as fuel. Following the government probe, investigators stated that gasoline brought on board by a passenger did indeed cause the fire, but they could not immediately determine if the fire was a deliberate act of arson or an accident. The initial probe did rule out an explosion as the cause of the fire.〔 Pedestrians outside the bus rushed to help break the windows to allow passengers to escape. PRC national law does not require buses to maintain hammers for the purpose of breaking the windows in an emergency,〔 but remains of three emergency hammers were found at the scene. The bus was built in February 2005 and had logged at the time of the incident. Including those who died in hospital following the incident, the total death toll was 27.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chengdu bus fire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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