Chinese cities inspect bus facilities after fatal bus blaze

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CHENGDU, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Cities across China inspected bus facilities over the weekend after the fatal bus explosive which killed 27 and injures 76 in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday.

More signs about dangerous items will be installed in buses and at bus stops in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, where the blaze happened, said Hu Qinghan, director of Chengdu Municipal Committee of Communication on late Sunday.

The fixed windows on the buses with air-conditioners will be changed to ordinary windows which can be opened, and more safety hammers to brake windows will be installed, Hu said, adding that the doors also will be much more easy to be opened.

The city will buy 1,000 more buses to ease traffic in rush hours, He said.

In the neighboring Chongqing Municipality, employees will be at major bus stops to inspect dangerous items, said the municipal transport company, which examined its 6,500 buses on Saturday.

Beijing began to examine all its 230,000 buses on Sunday, said the Beijing Bus Group.

Each bus had automatic firefighting equipment which would turn on when a fire started, said the company's spokesman.

Drivers and conductors had been trained to deal with emergencies before being authorized to work, the spokesman said.