At least 22 people were killed in a deadly fire that broke out in iaoyang city of China’s Liaoning province on Tuesday. The fire broke out at 12:25 pm, killing 22 people and injuring three others, the State-run Xinhua news agency reported.
While the cause of the fire is still being ascertained, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged all-out efforts to treat those injured, the report said.
The restaurant fire comes as the second major fire incident in China this month. Earlier, 20 elderly people were killed in a fire at a nursing home in north China’s Hebei province.
A total of 39 elderly people were in the building when the blaze broke out at the nursing home in Longhua county of Chengde city.
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