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Apartment block fire kills 4 in Hangzhou

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-06-01 10:50

HANGZHOU - An apartment block caught fire at around 4 am Monday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, leaving four people dead and another four injured.

Rescuers found five people trapped in the three-story building and rushed them to hospital. One of them died while the other four sustained minor injuries.

Another three bodies were found when firefighters put out the blaze at 4:58 am.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

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