Fire kills five at shop in central China county
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-14 11:45

ZHENGZHOU, August 14 (Xinhua) -- A fire that occurred in the small hours of Sunday at a shop in Lushan County of central China's Henan province killed five people, said sources with the county government.

At 2:20 a.m. Sunday, a shop in the Lushan county caught fire trapping eight shop assistants, three of them escaped and five others were burnt to death.

More than 60 fire fighters and over 10 fire engines rushed to the scene and put out the fire by 5:20 in the morning. The cause of the fire in being investigated, the source said.

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