Building fire kills 14 in China's northern city of Taiyuan
BEIJING: A fire on Sunday at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, the capital of China’s northern province of Shanxi, killed at least 14 people, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
A fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, the capital of China's northern Shanxi province, claimed at least 14 lives on Sunday evening, according to the official Xinhua news agency. State media reported that 25 people remained hospitalized, with nine suffering serious injuries. The blaze erupted in the busy main road area of the city center, causing smoke to billow from the 40-storey structure as firefighters on cranes fought the flames that originated from a lower annex.
Video images circulated online, verified by Reuters, showed the fire beginning around the fourth floor of the annex and spreading to the eighth and ninth floors, which housed a hotel. The mixed-use commercial and residential property included several hotels, short-term rental apartments, smaller venues, and tutoring centers. Firefighters extinguished the flames after approximately two hours, and authorities confirmed that 38 individuals were taken to the hospital by 8:30pm on Sunday.
State media added that the cause of the fire is currently under investigation in the northern manufacturing hub.
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