At least 39 people lost their lives after a fire broke out on Wednesday at a store in the central Chinese province of Jiangxi, the state media reported.
“At 3.24 pm (0724 GMT) on January 24, a fire broke out on the below-ground level at a store in Xinyu, Jiangxi,” the state media CCTV informed.
“As of 6.40 pm (1040 GMT), 25 people had been killed in the accident, and other injured people were being treated in the hospital,” it further said.
As per the video footage released by CCTV, many fire trucks and other emergency response vehicles can be queued up across the street from a row of shops.
It was not immediately known how many persons were injured in the blaze.
The incident comes just five days after thirteen school children were killed in a dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province.
“At 3.24 pm (0724 GMT) on January 24, a fire broke out on the below-ground level at a store in Xinyu, Jiangxi,” the state media CCTV informed.
“As of 6.40 pm (1040 GMT), 25 people had been killed in the accident, and other injured people were being treated in the hospital,” it further said.
As per the video footage released by CCTV, many fire trucks and other emergency response vehicles can be queued up across the street from a row of shops.
It was not immediately known how many persons were injured in the blaze.
The incident comes just five days after thirteen school children were killed in a dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province.