China apartment fire kills at least 14 in Taiyuan, Xinhua says
The flames were extinguished and search and rescue operations completed on Sunday, Xinhua said. The cause of the fire in northern China remains under investigation.
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The flames were extinguished and search and rescue operations completed on Sunday, Xinhua said. The cause of the fire in northern China remains under investigation.
At least 14 people died in an apartment building fire in Taiyuan, in China’s Shanxi province, Xinhua said on 9 November 2026, raising the toll it had given the previous evening.
The agency said 38 people were sent to hospitals for treatment, including five who died. Those deaths are included in the overall toll, not additional to it; the hospital figure is not a count of surviving injured people.
The fire began on 8 November 2026 at approximately 17:00 China local time (13:00 Yerevan time), Xinhua said. An initial bulletin from Yingze district authorities, published by the Yingze Release WeChat account at 22:38 China local time on 8 November (18:38 Yerevan time), gave the fire’s start time as 16:59 local time (12:59 Yerevan time) and reported that 38 people were sent to hospital, including five who died. It identified the building as Haosheng International Apartments in Liuxiang subdistrict, Yingze district, The Paper said.
Xinhua said the flames were extinguished on Sunday and search and rescue efforts were completed. The cause remains under investigation.
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