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Taxi On Fire

In Chongqing, my friends' taxi was on fire. My dad goes in to save all our luggage and our passports. The driver went to get a fire distinguisher. Later on, the taxi catches on fire. The video has no sound.

from YouTube on Mon, Jan 21 2008

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