Across China: Shaanxi
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-03 07:39
11 schoolgirls killed
Eleven students at a secondary school have died of carbon monoxide poisoning, and another is in serious condition, a provincial government official said yesterday.
The students, all girls, of the Duiziliang Secondary School in Yulin city, had lit a coal fire on Monday evening in their dormitory to keep warm.
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