10 killed, 9 injured in Xinjiang residential building fire
08:55 UTC+8, 2022-11-25
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Ten people were killed and nine were injured in a fire at a residential building on Thursday night in Urumqi.
08:55 UTC+8, 2022-11-25
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Ten people were killed and nine were injured in a fire at a residential building on Thursday night in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said.
The fire broke out at around 7:49pm at a high-rise residential building in a community of Tianshan District in Urumqi. It was put out at around 10:35pm.
Ten people died despite emergency treatment. The injuries sustained by nine others are not life-threatening.
Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Wang Qingchu
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