Fourteen people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a bus fire on 5 January in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, local authorities said. The accident happened at around 7am when Bus 301 caught fire near a furniture shop in Helan County, Yinchuan City. The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment.

The fire was soon extinguished by firefighters and police were on the scene investigating the cause of the incident.