Stove cited in building blaze as death toll hits 3
By Zha Minjie |
December 24, 2012, Monday
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AN overheated stove was found to have caused the fire in a commercial building being renovated in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday, local authorities said yesterday.
The death toll has risen to three in the fire, which took 12 hours to put out and also injured 21, officials said.
Ten employees of the construction company were under police control, waiting for further investigation.
The city government said yesterday that the inferno was triggered about 4:30am Saturday after a smokeless coal stove ignited cloth strips wrapped outside of the 14-story World Trade Building in downtown Yan'an.
Workers on duty at the time were discovered leaving their posts, police said.
The death toll rose after a security guard's body was found, a local fire official said yesterday, according to Xinhua news agency.
The security guard were missing after he helped evacuate people on Saturday. The other two victims were a hotel resident and a restaurant security guard on the fifth floor.
The 21 injured people including a 7-year-old child are all in stable condition, according to the government. Most of the injured suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The death toll has risen to three in the fire, which took 12 hours to put out and also injured 21, officials said.
Ten employees of the construction company were under police control, waiting for further investigation.
The city government said yesterday that the inferno was triggered about 4:30am Saturday after a smokeless coal stove ignited cloth strips wrapped outside of the 14-story World Trade Building in downtown Yan'an.
Workers on duty at the time were discovered leaving their posts, police said.
The death toll rose after a security guard's body was found, a local fire official said yesterday, according to Xinhua news agency.
The security guard were missing after he helped evacuate people on Saturday. The other two victims were a hotel resident and a restaurant security guard on the fifth floor.
The 21 injured people including a 7-year-old child are all in stable condition, according to the government. Most of the injured suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.
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