BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) – A fire on Sunday at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, killed 14 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday. The fire broke out in the building in downtown Taiyuan at 4:59 p.m. local time (0859 GMT) on Sunday, state media said. […]
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BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) – A fire on Sunday at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, killed 14 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
The fire broke out in the building in downtown Taiyuan at 4:59 p.m. local time (0859 GMT) on Sunday, state media said.
Flames were put out roughly two hours later and authorities said rescue operations concluded by 8:30 p.m. with 38 people transported to the hospital. Five were confirmed dead by late Sunday night.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, state media said on Monday.
(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen, Qiaoyi Li and Ryan Woo; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus)