Illustrative archive photo: skyline of Taiyuan, 1 October 2023 — not the fire scene and not Haosheng International Apartment. A Chinese ID, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped and resized / Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skyline_of_Taiyuan,_Oct_1_2023.png / License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
NEW World · 16:28
Taiyuan high-rise fire kills 14; 25 remain in hospital, nine critically
A fire at Haosheng International Apartment in Taiyuan’s Yingze District on Sunday killed 14 people, local authorities said on Monday via Xinhua. Twenty-five people remained in hospital, nine of them critically injured and four seriously hurt. The blaze in the mixed-use high-rise was extinguished after about two hours; the cause is under investigation.