2024-01-20 03:31:33
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. (4:00 p.m. BST) on Friday, the local fire department received an alert regarding a fire in the dormitory of Yingcai School in Yanshanpu village,” the state media said, adding that one person had been 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.”.
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 left 29 dead 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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