North China building fire kills 14
A fire on Sunday at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, killed 14 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
The fire broke out in the building in downtown Taiyuan at 4:59 p.m. local time (0859 GMT) on Sunday, state media said. Flames were put out roughly two hours later and authorities said rescue operations concluded by 8:30 p.m. with 38 people transported to the hospital. Five were confirmed dead by late Sunday night.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, state media said on Monday.
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