BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) – A fire on Sunday at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, killed at least 14 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
A total of 25 people remain in the hospital, 9 of them with serious injuries, state media said, citing authorities on Monday afternoon.
The fire broke out in the building in downtown Taiyuan at 4:59 p.m. local time (0859 GMT) on Sunday, state media said.
Flames were put out roughly two hours later and authorities on Sunday said rescue operations concluded by 8:30 p.m. with 38 people transported to the hospital. Five were confirmed dead by late Sunday night.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, state media said.
(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen, Qiaoyi Li and Ryan Woo; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus)
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