Apartment building fire in northern China kills 14
- A fire broke out at an apartment building on Liuxiang South Road in Taiyuan at about 4:59 p.m. Sunday.
- Firefighters extinguished the open flames while rescuers remained on standby.
- Earlier, 38 people were taken to hospitals, including five who were initially declared dead.
- Local authorities later said the death toll had risen to 14.
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The Straits TimesFire in China apartment building kills 14: state media
BEIJING — A fire that broke out in an apartment building in northern China killed at least 14 people, state media said Monday, raising the death toll from the previous night. Deadly fires are relatively common in China due to lax building codes and an often slipshod approach to workplace safety. The blaze occurred in a building in Shanxi province's Taiyuan city around 5:00 pm (0900 GMT) on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency said that evenin…
A fire in an apartment building in northern China has killed at least 14 people, state media reported on Monday.
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The cause of the fire is unknown.
At least 14 people have died in a fire at an apartment building in northern China, state media reported on Monday, revising the death toll announced the previous evening.
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