Beijing, Nov. 25 (BNA) A fire that broke out in a residential building in northwest China’s Xinjiang region killed 10 people and injured nine, authorities said Friday, in the country’s second major fire incident this week, which left a total of 48 dead. .
The fire broke out Thursday night in the regional capital, Urumqi, where temperatures dropped below zero after dark, according to Reuters.
Flames spread upwards from the point of origin on the 15th floor to the 17th floor, with smoke billowing to the 21st floor, according to multiple state media reports. The fire took about three hours to be extinguished.
Reports said that the deaths and injuries were caused by inhalation of toxic fumes, and those who were taken to hospital were expected to survive.
They said that the initial investigation appears to show that the fire broke out from an electrical strip in a bedroom in one of the apartments on the fifteenth floor.
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