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19 killed in Beijing fire: Chinese media

Monitoring Desk

BEIJING: At least 19 people were killed and eight others were injured when a inferno break out in house in Daxing district of Beijing on Saturday.

The Chinese media reported that the fire erupted in a house and completely it engulf the other houses in Daxing district of Beijing, however it did not specify the reason behind the fire but said that unidentified number of suspects were in police custody.

The rescue officials control the fire after three hours of struggle and the injured were shifted to hospital

Deadly fires are common in China, where fire safety regulations are widely flouted and enforcement is often careless. Eleven people died in September when a fire broke out in two houses in the eastern city of Taizhou.

 

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