At least 14 people have lost their lives as a result of a fire declared on Sunday afternoon in a residential building in the city of Taiyuan, in China’s northern Shanxi province, according to data provided by local and institutional authorities and circulated by the state news agency Xinhua.
The fire began at 16:59 hours (local time) on November 8 in the Howard Johnson International apartment complex, located on Liuxiang Street in the Yingze District.
Emergency services that responded to the report managed to put out the fire at around 19:00 hours on that same day.
The people injured in the incident were evacuated to hospitals in the area to receive medical assistance, while local authorities have launched an investigation in order to determine the origin and causes of the fire.