Nursing home fire kills 20 in northern China, Xinhua reports

5:07 pm on 9 April 2025
A firefighter on scene at an incident. 6 July 2016.

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Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in northern China, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday without detailing the cause of the fire.

The fire happened in Chengde City in Hebei province at 9pm (local time) on 8 April, Xinhua reported citing local authorities.

The remaining people from the nursing home have been transferred to a nearby hospital for further observation and treatment, Xinhua reported without saying how many.

Experts have gone to the nursing home to investigate the cause of the fire, the news agency said.

-Reuters

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