Nursing home fire in northern China leaves 20 dead

The Hebei nursing home's other residents have been transferred to nearby hospitals as authorities investigate cause of the blaze

Twenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China's Hebei province, Beijing's state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.

The fire broke out on Tuesday night at the nursing home in Longhua County, roughly 180km northeast of the Chinese capital Beijing, Xinhua said.