Three children were among 26 people who died after a tour bus caught fire near Taiwan’s capital.
The coach smashed into a roadside barrier on a highway in Taoyuan City before bursting into flames, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported.
It had been transporting Chinese tourists to the city’s airport to catch a flight to Dalian as part of an eight-day tour.
Lu Jui-yao, an official with the National Highway Police Bureau, said: "The fire moved very fast. All 26 died."
The website of Taiwan’s China Times newspaper said those on board were tourists from the Liaoning province along with a driver and a local guide.
Eight men, 16 woman and three children were killed in the blaze, Shanghai Daily reported.
It is not believed anyone escaped from the burning bus which crashed shortly before 1pm local time.
