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Thirteen people died and four others were injured after a fire broke out in a dormitory at a residential building in the early hours of Thursday morning in China’s Henan province, mainland media reports.
Investigators believe the fire started when an electricity meter box burst into flames at about 3am on the first floor of the seven-storey building in the city of Zhengzhou, the news website Hnr.cn reported.
Firefighters battled for five hours before they were able to put out the fire, the website said.
Xinhua news agency said 13 people had been killed in the blaze and four others injured.
All the dead and injured were residents on the top floor of the building, which was made up of staff dormitories for a local hotel, the website quoted an investigator as saying.
Those killed in the blaze had died from burns and smoke inhalation, the investigator told the website.
The injured were rushed to the hospital, where their condition remains unclear.
One resident living the fourth floor said the blaze had spread after setting fire to property that had been stored in the hallways of the building.
She said it would have been possible to escape the fire if people had been warned quickly, but “because of the smoke, people fainted and died”.
Another fourth-floor resident said he had been too frightened to flee from the building.
“As soon as I opened the door, the hallway was full of smoke, so I quickly closed the door,” he said. “I didn’t think of escaping.” 
 


13 people killed and four injured in dormitory blaze at Chinese residential building 

The scene outside the dormitory fire, which killed 13 people in Zhengzhou on Thursday. Photo: Hnr.cn 

The scene outside the dormitory fire which killed 13 people in Zhengzhou on Thursday morning. Photo: Hnr.cn 

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