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Tour bus bursts into flames after collision in Germany, many killed

Firefighters are seen at the site where a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway near Muenchberg, Germany in this still image taken from video on July 3, 2017. REUTERS/News 5

Many people were killed when a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday, the German government said.

"Unfortunately numerous people - a tour group from (the eastern German state of) Saxony - lost their lives in this burning bus," government spokesman Steffen Seibert told a news conference.

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