Bus carrying 41 Thai tourists catches fire in tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - Police officers examine a burnt sightseeing bus April 5 near the Sasago Tunnel in the Tokyo-bound lane of Chuo Expressway in Otsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, after the bus carrying 41 Thai tourists caught fire in the tunnel. Two girls were wounded in the fire while evacuating the bus.

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