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7 killed, 3 injured in Wenzhou building fire

SEVEN people were killed and another three injured after a residential building caught fire late yesterday in Zhejiang Province, local authorities said today.

The fire broke out at 11:25 pm yesterday on the third floor of a 7-storey residential building in Longgang Township, Cangnan County of Wenzhou City, a spokesman with the city fire department said.

Fire fighters rescued four people trapped in it and extinguished the fire around 1:15 am today. Six people died at the scene and one died later in hospital, according to the spokesman.

Investigations into the cause of the fire are underway.



 

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