Fire kills 5, including a toddler, in south China

Source: Xinhua | October 25, 2013, Friday |

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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 a.m., 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.

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Fire kills 5, including a toddler, in south China

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