Runaway cook, 11, sparks deadly fire
( 2003-10-24 17:09) (China Daily)
Three young women were killed
in a blaze following an explosion caused by a gas leak set off by an 11-year-old
girl, Shanghai Youth Daily reports.
At about 11:20am on Wednesday, the girl was cooking at her home on the second
floor of a three-storey building in Zhongshan Xilu when a small fire started in
the kitchen.
The girl was so frightened that she knocked over the gas container attached
to the stove as she ran off with her younger brother.
The explosion occurred soon after, setting off a raging fire that engulfed
the third floor. Three women in their early 20s died in their sleep. The fire
was extinguished in 15 minutes after firefighters received a report of the
blaze.
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