Kindergarten bus crash kills 12 in China

A fire on a kindergarten bus in eastern China has killed 12 children and injured at least five others.

The fire broke out late yesterday afternoon while the bus was delivering the children to their homes in Linyi, a city in eastern China’s Shandong province.

It said that 23 people were aboard the bus when it caught fire. Five children died at the scene and seven who were seriously injured died despite emergency treatment.

Four other children and one teacher were also hospitalised.

Authorities were investigating and procedures for paying compensation to victims’ families were underway.