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YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS. At least twenty-nine people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China’s capital Beijing.
Firefighters received a report of a fire at an inpatient department building of Beijing Changfeng Hospital at 12:57 p.m., according to Xinhua news agency.
The fire was extinguished at 1:33 p.m., with 71 patients evacuated.
By 6 p.m., 21 people had been confirmed dead.
A few hours later the death toll was said to be at least 29, the Guardian reported citing a Chinese government official.
CCTV state media reports that the cause of the fire is under investigation.
A local government spokesperson said that 26 of those who died were hospital patients.
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