14 killed in fire at a building housing hotels and training centers in northern China
Local authorities in China announced on Monday that 14 people were killed in a fire at a high-rise building housing several hotels and training centers in Shanxi province in the north. Xinhua News Agency quoted local authorities as saying
Translated by Qiyas from السياسة — 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 Yingsi district of Taiyuan, the provincial capital, late 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, with flames spreading rapidly through smoke shafts, while search and rescue teams managed to extinguish it three hours after it broke out.
It noted that the cause of the incident remains under investigation.
