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A fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, in northern China’s Shanxi province, killed 14 people and sent 38 to hospital, Anadolu Agency reported, citing state media.
The fire broke out on Sunday evening in the provincial capital, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing local authorities. Five of the 38 people taken to hospital had died by Sunday; the death toll had risen to 14 by Monday morning.
The building is in central Taiyuan, near hospitals, schools, commercial centres and tourist sites. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
China has a history of deadly fires linked to lax building codes. In November last year, a blaze engulfed several tower blocks in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.
A month later, a fire at a residential building in Guangdong province in southern China killed 12 people.
