Fourteen people have been killed and more than 30 others sustained injuries after a bus caught fire in northern China on Tuesday. Police officers in Xiamen have already launched a manhaunt for the arsonist responsible for the bus fire.

According to a spokesperson for the local fire department, the incident happened in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia region, at around 7 a.m. Authorities are still investigating what caused the fire, a spokesperson for the Ningxia Fire Department, who was only identified by her surname Wang, said.

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Firefighters succeeded in halting the fire about 10 minutes after it went alaze, but there were already 14 people dead and 32 injured.

This is not the first time that a bus has caught fire in the country. In recent years, China has seen a number of brutal bus fires caused by mentally deranged individuals or those seeking revenge.

On June 7, 2013, a mass murder-suicide attack happened on a bus in Xiamen, Fujian province, after an individual set the bus on fire, killing 47 people and injuring 34.

On July 22, 2011, a bus was set on fire in Xinyang, Henan, leaving 41 people dead. The bus' capacity was only 35, but it carried 47 people. Initial reports pointed out that hazardous goods were being illegally transported in the bus. 

On June 5, 2009, a mass murder-suicide happened on a bus in Chengdu in Sichuan, killing 27 people and injuring 76 others. A series of bus fires followed days later: in Shenzhen on June 13, in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia on June 15, and in Zhoushan, Zhejiang on June 16. However, there is no that the bus fires were caused by terrorist attacks and no death was reported from the three other bus fires.

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