School fire leaves 13 dead in China

BEIJING: At least 13 people were dead and many others injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory of a school in central China.

The fire broke out on Friday night in the dormitory of Yingcai School at Yanshanpu Village, near Nanyang City in Henan province,  Xinhua News Agency said.

Firefighters reached the spot and put out the flames. Police in the area said head of the school had been taken into custody.

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