MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A fire in a residential building has claimed the lives of at least 10 people and injured five in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.
Some 300 square meters (3,229 square feet) were damaged due to the incident, Xinhua news agency reported Friday citing the authorities.
According to the agency, the fire occurred on the 38th floor in the early morning, with the cause of the incident being unknown, but it is believed to have begun from housing interior decoration materials.
10 dead in a fire at an apartment building in N China's #Tianjin early Friday. Another 5 suffer minor injuries and have been hospitalized https://t.co/5Kdv5ctwhf pic.twitter.com/xBE45aptV6
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) 1 декабря 2017 г.
Damage to a skyscraper can be seen after a fire broke out around 4 a.m. on the 38th floor of a serviced apartment, in Tianjin, China December 1, 2017
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