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Four children dead in S China shed fire

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-31 20:22

NANNING- Four boys, all around 10 years old, were killed after a house caught fire on Thursday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said local authorities.

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The accident happened at 12:55 pm at an abandoned one-room shed in Zaotang Village in Luchuan County, said a spokesman with the public security bureau of Yulin City, which administers Luchuan.

Police are verifying the identities of the victims and investigating the cause of the accident.