CHANGCHUN, March 5 -- Ten people were killed and another 17 injured in a bus fire on Wednesday morning in Jilin City in northeast China's Jilin Province, local authorities said.

The local fire department was alerted at 7:05 a.m. that a shuttle bus of Fukang wood company was on fire while traveling along a street.

Forty-three people were on board when the fire broke out.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.