Toddler Dies in Car Fire

2017/03/09

Chen Xiaoli

A 2-year-old girl was burnt to death in a car fire on Monday in Shandong Province.

The tragedy happened at about 3:40pm in Laiwu City when the parked car she was in with her father suddenly erupted in flames.

They were waiting for the girl's mother who had gone into the school to bring out another child of the family.

When the car caught fire, the father escaped and tried to rescue his daughter, but the fire spread too quickly and he could not open the door.

The heartbroken man, fell to the ground as the fire claimed his daughter’s life in front of him.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The firefighters advise people to find something hard to smash windows in similar situations.

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