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Foster home fire kills 7 children in Henan
By Li Qian |
January 4, 2013, Friday
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AT least seven children have been confirmed dead in a blaze that broke out this morning in a private-run orphanage in the impoverished Lankao County in central China's Henan Province, online media reported.
Police said the shelter was run by Yuan Lihai, a stall owner who was dubbed the "benevolent mother" of more than 100 abandoned babies in the past 27 years. Her house is next to a local hospital.
Authorities are probing into the cause of the deadly fire, said a report on www.china.com.cn.
Due to her meager income, Yuan could only adopt about 40 children at a time in her house and feed them with buns and vegetables, the report said.
Some questioned whether she has a license to run the foster home, but the local civil affairs department just turned a blind eye to her operation because the local government is cash-strapped to build welfare homes for orphans, the report said.
Police said the shelter was run by Yuan Lihai, a stall owner who was dubbed the "benevolent mother" of more than 100 abandoned babies in the past 27 years. Her house is next to a local hospital.
Authorities are probing into the cause of the deadly fire, said a report on www.china.com.cn.
Due to her meager income, Yuan could only adopt about 40 children at a time in her house and feed them with buns and vegetables, the report said.
Some questioned whether she has a license to run the foster home, but the local civil affairs department just turned a blind eye to her operation because the local government is cash-strapped to build welfare homes for orphans, the report said.
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