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Two dead in central China apartment fire
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-12 13:31
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CHANGSHA: Two people died when an apartment building in central China's Hunan Province caught fire early Tuesday, the local fire department said.
The department sent a rescue team and six fire engines to the site. Nine people were rescued from the building, but two of them died later in hospital.
The other seven are still in hospital.
Police have launched an investigation. The identities of the victims are not yet known.
