Key facts
- Fourteen people died in a fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, Xinhua reported.
- The Yingze district government said the fire broke out at around 5pm on November 8 and was out by around 7pm.
- Thirty-eight people were sent to hospital that night, including five who had died, the district government said.
A fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, killed 14 people, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on November 9. Xinhua dated the fire to November 8.
The Yingze district government said the fire broke out at around 5pm on November 8 and was put out by around 7pm, with rescue efforts ending at around 8.30pm. Thirty-eight people were sent to hospital that night, including five who had died, according to the district government's statement. By the morning of November 9, the death toll had reached 14, Xinhua reported.
The reports gave no information on the cause of the fire, the size of the building or the condition of those hospitalized.