Fire kills 14 people in a building in China
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
A fire in a high-rise building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, killed 14 people and sent 38 to hospital. The fire, which broke out on Sunday afternoon, was extinguished about two hours later and rescue operations were completed, according to Xinhua cited by Reuters.
Fourteen people died in a fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, in China’s Shanxi province, on Sunday, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, cited by Reuters. The fire broke out at 4:59pm in central Taiyuan and was extinguished about two hours later.
Rescue operations ended at 8:30pm, while 38 people were taken to hospital. Five deaths had been confirmed on Sunday evening before the toll rose to 14 on Monday, Reuters reports.
Chinese authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, according to state media cited by Reuters.
