2024-01-20 02:27:14
– A fire in a school leaves 13 dead
In addition to the heavy toll of 13 deaths, one person was injured in this fire which took place in Henan province, in central China.
Posted today at 3:27 a.m.
Chinese firefighters (illustration).
AFP
Thirteen people died in a fire in a school dormitory in Henan province, in central China, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
“At 11:00 p.m. (15:00 GMT) on Friday, the local fire department received an alert about a fire in the Yingcai School dormitory in Yanshanpu village,” the state media said, adding that ‘one person was injured. She is “currently being treated in hospital and is in stable condition,” Xinhua news agency said. According to this source, “help arrived quickly on the scene and the flames were extinguished at 11:38 p.m.”.
An open investigation
Local authorities have opened an investigation to determine the causes of the fire, state media reported. Accidents occur regularly in China, often due to the poor application of safety standards.
In November, 26 people died and dozens were hospitalized following a fire in a coal production company building in the northern province of Shanxi.
In Beijing, a fire in a hospital killed 29 people in April, one of the worst disasters to occur in the capital in more than twenty years.
This fire forced patients to escape through windows by hanging on sheets and to take refuge by perching on air conditioners attached to the facade.
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