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Five killed, 8 injured in China house fire

There has been a spurt in fire accidents in China in recent times. In this December 10, 2017 photo, a huge blaze is seen engulfing a 16-storey wooden tower -- the tallest of its kind -- at Jiulong Town in Deyang, Sichuan Province. The fiery spree continued on Wednesday when five people were killed and eight others injured in a residential building inferno in Beijing’s Chaoyang district early in the day

The blaze was triggered by flames from an electric bicycle

Five people were killed and eight others injured when a residential building caught fire in Beijing’s Chaoyang district early on Wednesday.
The fire broke out at a village house in Shibalidian Township, the fire department said. The injured were taken to hospital, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The fire was triggered by flames from an electric bicycle, the fire department said.

Second such disaster

This is the second fire incident in Beijing in recent weeks. Nineteen people were killed and eight injured in a house fire on Nov 19. The incident led to the evacuation of thousands of migrant labour from the city.
A number of fire incidents have taken place elsewhere in China recently.
On December 10, eight people were killed in a fire at Haifeng County of south China’s Guangdong Province.
Ten people were killed and five others injured when fire broke out at 38th floor of an apartment in Tianjin on December 1.


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