BEIJING: At least 32 people were killed in two separate fire incidents involving a hospital and a factory in China, official media reported on Tuesday. A hospital’s admissions building in Beijing‘s Fengtai district caught fire at 12:57pm (local time) on Tuesday, leaving 21 dead, state-run China Daily reported. A total of 71 patients were evacuated and transferred. The cause is currently under investigation, the report said.
In a separate incident, 11 people died in a factory fire in Wuyi county, Jinhua city in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Monday, the local government said on Tuesday. The blaze broke out at 2:04pm on Monday.
Firefighters, police officers and emergency medical personnel rushed to the spot after receiving an emergency call about the incident. Eleven bodies were found after the search operations that finished on Tuesday. The fire was reported to have started in a plant where wooden doors are made, possibly from materials such as wooden doors, paint and packages.
Those alleged to be responsible for the incident have been detained.
In a separate incident, 11 people died in a factory fire in Wuyi county, Jinhua city in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Monday, the local government said on Tuesday. The blaze broke out at 2:04pm on Monday.
Firefighters, police officers and emergency medical personnel rushed to the spot after receiving an emergency call about the incident. Eleven bodies were found after the search operations that finished on Tuesday. The fire was reported to have started in a plant where wooden doors are made, possibly from materials such as wooden doors, paint and packages.
Those alleged to be responsible for the incident have been detained.