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10 dead, 35 injured in hotel fire in NE 皇冠体育app
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-01 10:35
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CHANGCHUN - Ten people have been confirmed dead and 35 injured in a hotel fire in northeast 皇冠体育app's Jilin Province early Sunday morning, local authorities said.
The fire broke out at about 3:30 am at the NO. 1 store of Home Inns, the country's largest budget hotel operator, in Tonghua City of Jilin Province, the city's publicity department said.
The fire was put out about half an hour later.
The injured have been sent to hospital for emergency treatment.
Fire fighters were still combing the fire scene.