KOTA KINABALU: A faulty braking system is believed to have triggered a fire that destroyed a tourist bus with 39 Chinese tourists on board along the Tamparuli-Ranau road, about 45km from the city here Sunday night.
Tuaran district police chief Deputy Supt Dzulbaharin Ismail said that the driver had stopped the vehicle to check after catching the scent of burning rubber at about 7.30pm Sunday.
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