14 Dead in Fire at High-Rise Building Housing Hotels and Training Institutions in China
Fire at a building in Taiyuan, China, leaves 14 dead and 38 injured
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
Chinese local authorities announced on Monday that 14 people had died in a fire that broke out in a high-rise building housing several hotels and training institutions in Shanxi province in northern China.
Xinhua News Agency reported that local authorities said the fire, which erupted in the “Haoxing” building in the Yingtzi district of Taiyuan, the provincial capital, on Sunday evening, also left 38 people injured, who were taken to hospitals for treatment.
It added that the fire started on the fifth floor of the building, which contains several hotels and training institutions, and that flames spread rapidly through the smoke ducts, while rescue and firefighting teams managed to extinguish it three hours after it broke out.
