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More than 17 killed in China fire

by IBNS 05 Feb 2015, 08:26 pm

Beijing, Feb 6 (IBNS): More than 17 people were killed in a fire in south China's Guangdong Province, media reports said on Friday.

"The fire broke out at about 1:51 p.m. on Thursday in a warehouse on the fourth floor of a small merchandise wholesale market in Huidong County," Xinhua reported quoting a statement by the county government.

The fire was brought under control at around  7:35 p.m local time.

The cause of the fire is still not known.