Fire in China coal company office kills 26
by Guardian staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6GEM5)
At least 38 injured in the blaze at Yongju coal mine company in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi province.
A fire that erupted in the office of a coal company in northern China has killed 26 people, state media said on Thursday, the latest in a series of deadly accidents in the coal industry.
At least 38 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out at the four-storey Yongju Coal Industry Joint Building in the country's top coal-producing hub of Shanxi. Calls to the company by the Reuters news agency were not answered.
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