20131025 China Fire kills 5 in south China
China Oct 25 2013 “Houses”
Dead : dead 5 to 9 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire kills 5 in south China
Updated: 2013-10-25-21:21
GUANGZHOU – Five people were killed, including a two-year-old, in a house fire in South China’s Guangdong province Friday morning, local authorities said.
The fire engulfed a three-storey residential house at about 12:55 am, burning 62 square meters of the residence in the downtown Guancheng district of Dongguan city, the municipal fire department said in a statement.
Four people trapped inside the house were killed, and a two-year-old child rescued from the house later died following treatment, the department said.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.
Websource:China daily
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