Jilin fire kills 53

Updated: 2004-02-17 00:51

A victim of a fire receives treatment at a hospital in Jilin City, in northeast China's Jilin Province, February 15, 2004. At least 53 people were killed and more than 70 injured in the fire at a five-story shopping mall in Jilin on Sunday.[Reuters] Mourners file past a bouquet of flowers laid in front of a shopping mall in the northeastern city of Jilin, February 16, 2004. [Reuters] Reporters look at a burned out shopping mall in Jilin City, northeast of China's Jilin Province, February 16, 2004. [Reuters]