Death toll rises to 12 in south China residential building fire
Death toll rose to 12 in south China’s residential building fire Tuesday night in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, Qazinform News Agency reports referring to Xinhua.
Earlier local authorities said eight people were killed in the fire.
The blaze erupted at 9:21 p.m. in the city's Chaonan District and was extinguished by around 10 p.m., according to the district's fire department in the early hours of Wednesday.
Preliminary investigations show the building was a four-story self-built concrete structure, with about 150 square meters affected by the blaze.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
As written before, at least 25 people have been killed in the Indian state of Goa following a fire at a popular nightclub in the village of Arpora, officials said, as the government ordered an investigation into the tragedy.
