bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

sponsorType

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Alice Shen

Ten people have been killed in a fire at a tower block in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, state media reported.
The fire started at about 4am on Friday on the top floor of the 38-storey building, the China News Service reported.
Five people were also injured, while another 11 people were rescued from the fire apparently unharmed.
It took nearly three hours to put out the blaze, the state news agency Xinhua said.
The building is in the city centre near its commercial and financial hub.


19 killed as fire sweeps through Beijing accommodation block
The first four floors are offices and the rest luxury flats, according to the real estate website Fang.com.
Xinhua said early indications suggested the blaze was caused by interior decorating materials used in a renovation catching fire.
The state broadcaster CCTV said renovation workers working on site were among the casualties.
Li Hongzhong, the city’s Communist Party chief, has ordered citywide safety inspections after the blaze.
Jiang Bingliang, the head of the city’s fire brigade, told a short briefing by the city government that firefighters removed 26 people from the block, 10 of whom were later confirmed dead
Two of the injured suffered damage to their throats and the other three suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, but the injuries were not life-threatening, a city health official told the press conference.


Hard work and long hours fuelled China’s rise. Now, it mulls the benefits of longer breaks

China eyes childcare overhaul with a law to boost births, fix demographic crisis

Chinese rookie cop resembling Taiwan actor Eddie Peng goes viral, attracts 1 million likes

China’s jobless rate for young people eases to 16.9% as graduates settle for less

China society

Ten killed in tower block fire in northern China

The blaze struck the top floor of the building in Tianjin. Photo: Weibo

=== NO ARCHIVE IMAGE === ATN. ATNX FIRE01. Ten killed and five injured in a fire in Tianjin on Friday morning. Photo: WEIBO

News

China

People & Culture